How to Write 'Smile' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word smile. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Smile
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ngi-Ri
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ngi-Ri-T
Etymology
Related to the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋisí, emphasizing the showing of teeth.
ROOT WORD: NGIRIT
nagngirit
smiled
mangirit
to smile
ngiritan
to smile at someone
paringirit
always smiling