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Language: Chamorro

Source/Author:  Blust, from: Topping (1975) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:cha  Glottocode: cham1312 
Notes:  Topping, D.M. (1975). Chamorro-English Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press: Hawaii 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Chamorro 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand kannai      
2 left akague      
3 right agapa'      
4 leg/foot addeng      
5 to walk lahu   1  
6 road/path chalan   1  
7 to come maila'   1  
8 to turn word info bira probably Spanish virar [bi'rar] 4? L
9 to swim nangu   1  
9 to swim ñangu   1  
10 dirty hoplat      
10 dirty applacha'      
11 dust potbos Spanish Polvo (Dust)   L
12 skin lassas <+laslas?    
12 skin lasas Skin, peel, bark, the covering tissue of the body, epithelium.    
13 back word info tátalo'      
14 belly estomagu estomagu (Loan )   L
14 belly tuyan   1  
15 bone to'lang   1  
16 intestines tilipas Spanish   L
17 liver hígadu     L
18 breast susu   1  
19 shoulder apaga   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable tungo'      
21 to think hasso      
22 to fear kinibatde      
23 blood haga'   1  
24 head kabesa loan   L
24 head ulu   1  
25 neck aga'ga'      
26 hair word info gapotulu   3  
26 hair word info pulu   31  
27 nose gui'eng   1  
28 to breathe hagong (<-aSeN?)    
29 to sniff, smell nginge'      
30 mouth pachot      
31 tooth nifen   1  
32 tongue hula'   4  
32 tongue lenggua loan from Spanish   L
33 to laugh chalek      
34 to cry tanges   1  
35 to vomit muta'   1  
36 to spit to'la'      
37 to eat chochu intransitive    
37 to eat kanno' transitive    
38 to chew word info ñamñam      
38 to chew word info ngangas   12?  
39 to cook word info chahan   2  
40 to drink gimen <M 1?  
41 to bite akka'      
42 to suck chopchop   1?  
42 to suck soppla maybe Spanish soplar 'to blow', colloquial 'to guzzle' 1? L?
43 ear talanga   1  
44 to hear hungok   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see li'e'      
47 to yawn magap   19  
48 to sleep maigo'      
49 to lie down word info asson      
50 to dream guifi   1?  
51 to sit mata'chong      
52 to stand tachu      
52 to stand tohge   2?  
53 person/human being taotao   1  
54 man/male lahi   2  
54 man/male lai   2  
54 man/male taotao   2  
55 woman/female palao'an      
56 child patgon      
57 husband asagua   2?  
57 husband esposu (L)   L
58 wife asagua   1?  
59 mother nana   5?  
60 father tata   1  
61 house guma'   1  
62 thatch/roof atof   1  
63 name na'an   1  
64 to say sangan      
65 rope tali   1  
66 to tie up, fasten traba     L
67 to sew word info lakse      
67 to sew word info sotse      
68 needle haguha      
69 to hunt word info peska Spanish "pescar", "To Fish"   L
70 to shoot word info paki      
71 to stab, pierce bulokbok     L
71 to stab, pierce si'ok      
72 to hit word info faggas      
73 to steal sakke      
74 to kill puno'   1  
75 to die, be dead matai   1  
76 to live, be alive lála'la'      
77 to scratch word info kassas (<+ kaskas? cf 12) 1?  
78 to cut, hack word info cha'lak      
78 to cut, hack word info utot      
79 stick/wood hayu   1  
80 to split word info mapga'      
80 to split word info puta' (<+betaq?)    
81 sharp kadidok      
82 dull, blunt ñaño'      
83 to work word info hotnát      
84 to plant tanom   2  
85 to choose ayek      
86 to grow word info dokko'      
86 to grow word info la'chok      
87 to swell word info banna     L
88 to squeeze word info fokse      
88 to squeeze word info fugo'      
89 to hold word info go'he      
89 to hold word info go'te      
89 to hold word info gu'ot      
90 to dig guaddok   16  
91 to buy bona     L
91 to buy fahan      
92 to open, uncover atbuetto     L
92 to open, uncover pulakes   1?  
93 to pound, beat word info acha      
93 to pound, beat word info tutu or 20? 2  
94 to throw word info aguet      
95 to fall word info lotgon      
96 dog ga'lagu   1  
97 bird páharu     L
98 egg chada'   22  
99 feather pulu   1  
100 wing pappa (<+pakpak?) 33  
101 to fly gupu   1  
102 rat cha'ka      
103 meat/flesh katne katne (L)   L
103 meat/flesh sensen      
104 fat/grease mantika mantika (L)   L
104 fat/grease sebu Spanish sebo 'tallow'   L
105 tail dádalak      
106 snake kolepbla Spanish culebra   L
107 worm (earthworm) ulo'   36  
108 louse word info hutu   1  
109 mosquito ñamu   1  
109 mosquito ñåmu   1  
109 mosquito ñamu   1  
110 spider sanye'ye'      
111 fish guihan      
112 rotten word info lamas      
113 branch word info ramas     L
114 leaf hagon      
115 root hale'      
116 flower flores     L
116 flower chinalek      
117 fruit inasahan      
118 grass cha'guan      
119 earth/soil tåno'      
119 earth/soil odda'      
119 earth/soil edda'      
120 stone acho'      
121 sand unai   1  
122 water word info agua     L
122 water word info hanom   1  
123 to flow      
124 sea tasi   1  
125 salt asiga   1  
126 lake hagoe      
127 woods/forest bundak      
127 woods/forest halom tano'      
128 sky langet   1  
129 moon pulan   1  
130 star puti'on   1  
131 cloud word info mapagahes      
131 cloud word info homhom      
131 cloud word info uchan      
132 fog afao      
132 fog asgon      
133 rain ame'   1 L
133 rain uchan   1 L
134 thunder hulu      
135 lightning lamlam   19  
136 wind manglo'      
137 to blow word info guaife      
138 warm word info maipe      
139 cold word info fugu      
139 cold word info manengheng   1?  
140 dry word info angglo'      
141 wet fotgon      
141 wet masmas      
142 heavy makkat   1  
143 fire guafi   1  
144 to burn word info pakko'      
144 to burn word info potne      
144 to burn word info tunu   1  
145 smoke word info asu   2  
146 ash apu   1  
147 black áttilong   1?  
148 white á'paka   1?  
149 red agaga'      
150 yellow amariyu     L
151 green betde     L
152 small díkike'   1  
152 small hagui      
153 big dánkolo   22?  
154 short word info ébaba'   54  
154 short word info étigu      
155 long word info laguas   1?  
155 long word info anakko'      
156 thin word info kanifes maybe Spanish canijo [ka'nixo] 'slight, thin, lean' 1? L?
157 thick word info potpot   18  
158 narrow anggosto      
158 narrow ma'i'ot      
159 wide fedda'      
160 painful, sick sage'   1?  
161 shy, ashamed mamahlao   13  
161 shy, ashamed manachang      
162 old word info amko'      
163 new nuebu     L
163 new simpeng Loan from Japanese (compound of Chinese origin)   L
164 good buenu Spanish bueno   L
164 good maolek      
165 bad, evil baba   26  
166 correct, true magahet      
167 night puengi   1?  
168 day dia     L
168 day ha'ani      
169 year añu Spanish año 17? L
169 year sakkan      
170 when? word info ngai'an   1?  
171 to hide word info na'atok      
171 to hide word info na'na'      
172 to climb word info hotde      
173 at gi   20  
174 in, inside halom   1  
175 above hulo'      
176 below papa'   1  
177 this ini   1  
178 that enao      
179 near fi'on      
179 near hihot      
180 far chago'      
181 where? word info amanu      
182 I guahu   1  
183 thou hagu   1  
184 he/she guiya   1  
185 we word info hita   1  
185 we word info hami   2  
186 you hamyo   1, 13  
187 they siha   1  
188 what? word info hafa   1  
189 who? word info hai   1?  
189 who? word info hayi?      
190 other otro     L
191 all puru     L
191 all todu     L
192 and ya      
192 and yan      
193 if komu (L?) 11? L?
193 if yanggen      
194 how? word info [hafa] taimanu      
195 no, not ahe'      
196 to count tufong      
197 One word info unu (Loan)   L
197 One word info hachiyai (count non-living objects)    
197 One word info maisa      
198 Two word info dos (Loan)   L
198 Two word info huguiyai (count non-living objects)    
198 Two word info hugua      
199 Three word info tres (Loan) 1 L
199 Three word info tolgiyai (count non-living objects) 1  
199 Three word info tulo   1  
200 Four word info kuatro (Loan)   L
200 Four word info farfatai (count non-living objects)    
200 Four word info fatfat      
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info gunum   1?  
202 Six word info gonmiyai (count non-living objects)    
203 Seven word info fito   1  
203 Seven word info fetguiyai (count non-living objects) 1  
204 Eight word info gualo      
204 Eight word info gualguiyai (count non-living objects)    
205 Nine word info sigua   5  
205 Nine word info siguiyai (count non-living objects)    
206 Ten word info fulu      
206 Ten word info manutai (count non-living objects)    
207 Twenty word info huguiyai na fulu      
208 Fifty word info limiyai na fulu      
209 One Hundred word info gatos   4  
209 One Hundred word info gatus   4  
210 One Thousand word info chalan      

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