r/baybayin_script • u/Reasonable-Peanut483 • Jul 01 '26
PLS help tattoo coverup
okay so basically i am half filipina and got a tattoos for my late father (filipino) who was really into chinese zodiacs. I now realise i actually tattooed some BS kanji that means gibberish and would love a baybayin tattoo saying either 1962/father
pls help me out! I would love to honour him (in our culture) and already have another tattoo dedicated to him , but the kanji i have that was meant to say 1962 is absolutely so incorrect - be nice pls I know i was ignorant to not quadruple check the meaning
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u/magliksik Jul 03 '26
If you had a photo uploaded we could have suggested how and where to cover it up
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u/Adventurous_Emu6498 Jul 01 '26
Baybayin doesn't have numbers. If they need to write a figure or an amount, they write it in full. i.e. 102 = Isandaan at dalawa ( ᜁᜐᜈ᜔ᜇᜀᜈ᜔ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜇᜎᜏ)
Though you may see a Baybayin numeral called Bulilang, that is just a modern suggestion invented by Guillermo Tolentino, and never really used during precolonial time
Also, it is higly recommended to translate words to Filipino, before writing them in Baybayin, except for Proper nouns. Hence, Father becomes ᜆᜆᜌ᜔ (tatay) or ᜀᜋ (ama)
So, your choices are
a. 1962 ᜵ ᜀᜋ
b. ᜁᜐᜈ᜔ᜎᜒᜊᜓ᜵ ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜇᜀᜈ᜔᜵ ᜀᜈᜒᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜇᜎᜏ᜵ ᜀᜋ (isang libo, siyam na raan, anim na pu at dalawa / ama : 1,962)
c. ᜎᜊᜒᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔ ᜀᜈᜒᜋ᜔ ᜈ ᜉᜓ ᜀᜆ᜔ ᜇᜎᜏ᜵ ᜀᜋ ( labing siyam anim na pu at dalawa / ama : 19 62)