How to Write 'Eat' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word eat. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Eat
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Ka
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Ka-N
Etymology
A reduplicated form or variant of the Proto-Austronesian *kaen used in the Bicol region.
ROOT WORD: KAKAN
magkakan
to eat
nagkakan
ate
nagkakakan
is eating
pakakanon
to feed someone feed