Chamorro-English Dictionary

Front Cover
University of Hawaii Press, Apr 1, 1980 - Foreign Language Study - 368 pages
The Chamorro-English Dictionary provides an alphabetical listing of as many Chamorro words as could be collected, spelled according to the principles adopted by the Marianas Orthography Committee in February 1971. Each word is given a fairly comprehensive definition in English, and, in many cases, sample sentences have been included to illustrate usages in context. Cross-references are provided among Chamorro words that are semantically related. An English-Chamorro finder list, based on selected words in the English definitions, is also provided.
 

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Chamorro-English Dictionary
Donald M. Topping,Pedro M. Ogo,Bernadita C. Dungca
No preview available - 1980
Chamorro-English Dictionary
Donald M. Topping,Pedro M. Ogo,Bernadita C. Dungca
No preview available - 1975
Chamorro-English Dictionary
Donald M. Topping,Pedro M. Ogo,Bernadita C. Dungca
No preview available - 1980
View all »

Common terms and phrases

acanthuridae agaga amot anai asta baba baby bai hu banana batkon binadu Brabu Bula bunitu carangidae cause cha'guan chada chalan Chamorro chetton chicken child chonchon chotdan clothes coconut coconut crab color crab dankolo dictionary dulili enao eskuela espiha fish flores ga'ga gima gipot giya guafi guaha guahu guaka Guam guatu guihan guma halom tano hanao hanom Hawaii hayu holocentridae humanao huyong isao Jose Juan kahet kannai-hu kareta katu kuanto kulot lagu lahi lamasa lepblo li'e liquid lutjanidae magagu malangu maloffan manglo maolek Maria Marianas maseha mata'pang matmo meat mo'na mullidae na'i Nickname nigap odda pa'go palao'an panglao pápago patgon person prefix Pron rice root word Rota Saipan sakkan siha simana siña skin slang someone stick Surgeon fishes taotao tasi todu tronkon Type of fish-family type of grass type of tree yanggen

References to this book

About the author (1980)

Donald M. Topping is professor of linguistics and director of the Social Science Research Institute at the University of Hawaii. He conducted research on Chamorro in the Mariana Islands, and served as consultant to the Chamorro Bilingual Education projects on Guam and Rota. Dr. Topping is also the author of Chamorro Reference Grammar, and Spoken Chamorro.

Pedro M. Ogo is a native speaker of the Rota dialect of Chamorro and the principal of the Rota Elementary and High School, Rota, M.I.

Bernadita C. Dungca is a native speaker of the Guam dialect of Chamorro and an assistant professor of Bilingual Education, University of Guam.

Bibliographic information

TitleChamorro-English Dictionary
PALI Language Texts—Micronesia
AuthorsDonald M. Topping, Pedro M. Ogo, Bernadita C. Dungca
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press, 1980
ISBN0824803531, 9780824803537
Length368 pages
Subjects › 

Foreign Language Study / Multi-Language Dictionaries
Foreign Language Study / Oceanic & Australian Languages
Reference / Dictionaries
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan