How to Write 'Fire' in Baybayin Script (Ilocano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Ilocano word Fire. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
ILOCANO TRANSLATION
Fire
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
A-Pu
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
A-Pu-Y
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, meaning fire.
ROOT WORD: APUY
agapuy
to cook rice
nagapuy
cooked rice
mangapuy
to make fire
paapuy
to ignite