Brandon Vera's Baybayin tattoos

October 13th, 2007 | Published in Baybayin, Celebrities | 28 Comments

UFC Light-Heavyweight contender Brandon Vera has 4 big Baybayin tattoos on his back signifying Mundo (Earth), Hangin (Wind), Tubig (Water) and Apoy (Fire). Based on the photos below, it looks like the MU character is missing a kudlit below it. Without the kudlit, it would read MA-N-DO. While Mundo is conversational Tagalog for Earth, Lupa (Dirt) is probably more proper. Interested in getting artwork of this old pre-Filipino writing system? Check out the translation services.

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Alex

Hey Guys, pretty cool tat on Brandon. But what is the proper word for “earth” in Tagalog? “mundo” is spanish isn’t it?

Thanks!
Alex

Hey Guys, pretty cool tat on Brandon. But what is the proper word for “earth” in Tagalog? “mundo” is spanish isn’t it?

Thanks!
http://pinoytattoos.com Christian

Correct – a closer translation of Earth could be daigdig or lupa
http://pinoytattoos.com Christian

Correct – a closer translation of Earth could be daigdig or lupa
http://www.flickr.com jayosn villaruz

,,correct,he wrote it in old style,thankz KUYA VERA…..gUd luck sa laro…
http://www.flickr.com jayson villaruz

,,thanz sa paggamit ng ating baybayin,kaya nating buhayin ito ule!!!!!
http://www.flickr.com jayosn villaruz

,,correct,he wrote it in old style,thankz KUYA VERA…..gUd luck sa laro…
http://www.flickr.com jayson villaruz

,,thanz sa paggamit ng ating baybayin,kaya nating buhayin ito ule!!!!!
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Anonymous

yeah i was thinking about that when i first saw his tat, i was sounding it out, and i was thinking to myself “world”? he probably just did what most filipinos here in the states do who don’t speak tagalog (guilty of doing it sometimes) is literally translate the word, by finding out how to say “earth” thinking the tagalog equivalent is like english where earth means the planet AND the element….then i also thought to myself….dang i for one would not like to tell the guy his tat is wrong, i’d probably be thrown into a chokehold lol
rajahadobo

yeah i was thinking about that when i first saw his tat, i was sounding it out, and i was thinking to myself “world”? he probably just did what most filipinos here in the states do who don't speak tagalog (guilty of doing it sometimes) is literally translate the word, by finding out how to say “earth” thinking the tagalog equivalent is like english where earth means the planet AND the element….then i also thought to myself….dang i for one would not like to tell the guy his tat is wrong, i'd probably be thrown into a chokehold lol
JM

actually, with the Baybayin alphabet it’s very difficult to spell out some of the tagalog words. It’s a mistake that most people do when they don’t know much about the writing. The alphabet doesn’t have a complete set of vowels and therefore some words can’t be spelled out properly. Probably why he wrote “mundo” over “lupa” or “daidig”.
ps. I wanted to write something on my back with the old letters but realized what I wanted to write wasn’t compatible with the Baybayin alphabet.
Paul

ung hangin.. hinde tama, kung tutoo dapat ung naka lagay HANGN lang eh.. may kulang na isa ung hangin

please feedback because its important im wanna have the mundo, hangin, tubig and apoy tattoo in baybayin/kudlit

paul;
17 years old,
denmark
N

re JM – Lupa is very very doable, and only takes two characters
Prettypet8

its actually right tama lang yung hangin
T’gala

Hangin- sa baybayin o alibata/alifata in arabic, pag binasa mo ang salitang hangin HA -NGI- NA, disregard ang letrang “A” ang salita namang MUNDO ay di yan native na salita kundi Spanish yan. Kaya ang dapat ay ” DAIGDIG” sa baybayin “DAYIGaDIGa, silent “A” vowels.
kayumanggi

ang baybayin ang tamang pagbasa nyan ay from TOP to DOWN, dahil sa kawayan o bamboo nila sinusulat halos lahat ng mga texts ng baybayin. Ngunit may mga tribe sa Mindoro na ginagamit pa rin ang baybayin.
Llutorhtej21

tama yung hangin but in original baybayin it should be HA NGI only
Llutorhtej21

this logo of this site is funny, they use La in the word tatoo, i read it as Pinoy Laattoo. well maybe they just use it because it looks like letter T…hehe

http://www.baybayin.com Christian Cabuay

That’s exactly why I used it, plus it’s in reverse

Sai_in_kuwait

im SAI, iwant to have a tatt “mandirigma” in alibata! pls kindly e-mail me the alibata translation for mandirigma! sai_in_kuwait@yahoo.com )

http://www.baybayin.com Christian Cabuay

Have you tried to learn Baybayin so that you can translate it yourself?
van86

see my reply to zeikred

Zeikred

sir, i’m raymond gusto ko po sana malaman ang baybayin ng MANDIRIGMA dahil po sa aking nakaraan… salamat po…

van86

i’m not the owner of this blog spot, but I can provide you the baybayin (Alibata) of MADIRIGMA. see image attached, should look like that.

Chryzroma21

hi i’m chryz of dubai. i want to have a tattoo using ALIBATA. can you please translate this in ALIBATA, GRACE, CHRISTINE, CHRYSANLY, ANGELA and JAMES. It’s my wife name and our 4 kids. you can email me on chryzroma21@gmail.com. tnx

van86

No “C” and “J” in Baybayin Alphabet

http://www.facebook.com/carlo.v.maralit Carlo V. Maralit

Sir im Carlo Maralit i want a tattoo of my family name MARALIT in babayin(alibata)..what is MARALIT in alibata?carl_maralit@yahoo.com

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