How to Write 'Keen' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word Keen. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Keen
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Ro
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ma-Ta-Ro-M
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talem, following the phonological shift of 'l' to 'r' in Central Bikol.
ROOT WORD: TAROM
matarom
keen or sharp
pataromon
to sharpen
nagpapatarom
sharpening
kataroman
sharpness