How to Write 'Kumusta' in Baybayin Script (Cebuano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Cebuano word kumusta. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
CEBUANO TRANSLATION
Kumusta
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Mu-Ta
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Mu-S-Ta
Etymology
Borrowed from the Spanish greeting '¿cómo está?' (how are you).
ROOT WORD: MUSTA
nangumusta
asked how someone is
mangumusta
to ask how someone is
pagkumusta
the act of greeting