How to Write 'Heart' in Baybayin Script (Ilocano)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Ilocano word heart. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
ILOCANO TRANSLATION
Heart
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pu-So
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Pu-So
Etymology
Cognate with other Philippine languages originating from the Proto-Austronesian '*pusuq'.
ROOT WORD: PUSO
napusoan
brave or courageous
ipuso
to take to heart
kapuso
companion of the heart
nagpuso
developed a heart or core