How to Write 'Devil' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word Devil. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
Devil
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ya-Wa
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ya-Wa
Etymology
Cognate with the Cebuano 'yawa', rooted in Proto-Philippine concepts of harmful supernatural entities.
ROOT WORD: YAWA
yawayawaon
wicked person
ginayawa
being possessed
nagayawa
behaving badly
kayaw-on
wickedness