Karl Roy’s Kapatid Baybayin tattoo

May 19, 2008 by Christian · Leave a Comment 

One of Philippine rock’s icons shows off his Kapatid Baybayin tattoo. Translation is KA-PA-TI-D. Notice the kudit above the “TA” character and the cancellation kudlit under “DA”. Thanks to James for sending this in.

Karl Roy’s Baybayin tattoo

February 24, 2008 by Christian · Leave a Comment 

Karl Roy, originally uploaded by Ispok.

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Sister in Baybayin = SI-TI?

December 9, 2007 by Christian · 2 Comments 

I came across this “Alibata” tattoo of “Sister” in the BMEInk gallery. The person probably went to an online Baybayin / Alibata any typed in “Sister” choosing original Baybayin. The result would be SI-TE as you see in the photo below. They might have thought that it was also a language translation as well.

sister baybayin

A couple problems with this 1) There’s a Tagalog translation of sister (Kapatid or Ate), why not use that? 2) Sister could also be phonetically translated but would need to use modern Baybayin.

Below is a Kapatid (KA-PA-TI) and Ate (A-TE) in Baybayin.

kapatid ate alibata baybayin

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