How to Write 'Kwento' in Baybayin Script (Hiligaynon)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Hiligaynon word kwento. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
HILIGAYNON TRANSLATION
Kwento
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-To-Ya
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
I-S-To-R-Ya
Etymology
Borrowed from the Spanish 'historia', meaning history or story.
ROOT WORD: ISTORYA
nag-istorya
told a story
istoryahan
to talk to someone
maistorya
will tell a story
kaistorya
person being talked to