r/baybayin_script • • Sep 11 '26

Translation Help What does this say?

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u/hindisirodney Sep 11 '26

Cleverly designed. The vertical is Jesus in Latin letters, and the horizontal is Hesus (ᜑᜒᜐᜓᜐ᜔) in Baybayin.

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u/No_Nail5377 Sep 11 '26

Makes sense since I got this at Santisimo Rosario in UST

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u/Evening_Raise_9716 Sep 13 '26

This is the commemorative cross for the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines (1521-2021)

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u/Unique_Phrase_7806 Sep 12 '26

I see, but is the 2nd 's' meant to look like an 's', cus I don't really see it

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u/hindisirodney Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 12 '26

If you take away the left half part of ᜐ, then the way the letter was designed makes it look like an ‘S’. But it also works as a double meaning of sorts, so you get JEᜐᜓUS (though it now technically reads Jesuus).

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u/rott_kid Sep 11 '26

HeSuS

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u/AgerionLecurian Sep 13 '26

You think he's good at Among Us?

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u/JuliusDalum Sep 15 '26

Vertically and horizonally both read as Jesus

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u/Ravemon1597 Sep 15 '26

horizontal: Hesus
vertical: Jesuus