How to Write 'Kwento' in Baybayin Script (Cebuano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Cebuano word kwento. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
CEBUANO TRANSLATION
Kwento
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Su-Gi-La-No
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Su-Gi-La-No-N
Etymology
From the root 'sugid', meaning to tell or narrate, combined with the suffix '-anon' to denote a narrative form.
ROOT WORD: SUGID
gisugid
told or narrated
mosugid
will tell or confess
isugid
to tell something
masuginlanon
storyteller