How to Write 'Heart' in Baybayin Script (Cebuano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Cebuano word heart. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
CEBUANO TRANSLATION
Heart
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Si-Ka-Si
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ka-Si-NG-Ka-Si-NG
Etymology
From the root 'kasing', which historically relates to a spinning top or the concept of a core that pulses.
ROOT WORD: KASINGKASING
kinasingkasing
sincere or from the heart
magkasingkasing
to have a heart
pangkasingkasing
for the heart
kasingkasingon
big-hearted