How to Write 'Kamusta' in Baybayin Script (Waray)
Authentic and historically accurate pre-Philippine script transliteration of the Waray word kamusta. Etymology, root derivatives, and conjugations validated by linguistic researcher and pre-Philippine script expert Kristian Kabuay.
WARAY TRANSLATION
Kamusta
Traditional Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Mu-Ta
Modern Writing Method
Breakdown:
Ku-Mu-S-Ta
Etymology
Directly borrowed from the Spanish greeting '¿cómo está?'.
ROOT WORD: KUMUSTA
mangkumusta
to ask how someone is
nangkumusta
asked how someone is
ginkumusta
was greeted
pagkumusta
act of asking status