How to Write 'Eat' in Baybayin Script (Cebuano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Cebuano word eat. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
CEBUANO TRANSLATION
Eat
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-O
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-O-N
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaen, retaining the original meaning of consumption.
ROOT WORD: KAON
mokaon
will eat
nikaon
ate
nagkaon
is eating
pakan-on
to feed