How to Write 'Yakapin' in Baybayin Script (Bikol)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Bikol word Yakapin. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
BIKOL TRANSLATION
Yakapin
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Go-So
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Go-So-N
Etymology
From the root 'kugos', shared across many Central Philippine languages meaning to embrace tightly.
ROOT WORD: KUGOS
kinugos
hugged
kinukugos
is hugging
kugoson
will hug
pagkugos
the act of hugging