How to Write 'Kwento' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word kwento. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Kwento
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-To-Ya
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-S-To-R-Ya
Etymology
Borrowed from the Spanish 'historia', widely used across Bicolano dialects for tales.
ROOT WORD: ISTORYA
nag-istorya
told a story
mag-istorya
to tell a story
pakiistoryahan
please tell a story to someone
nag-iistorya
currently telling a story