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Most Common Chamorro Words
Chamoru
Essential Chamorro vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| taotao | person | ta-O-tao |
| guma | house | GOO-ma |
| hanom | water | HA-nom |
| mañe'lu | sibling / relative | man-YE-loo |
| fino' | language / word | FEE-no |
| chalan | road / path | CHA-lan |
| na'an | name | na-AN |
| palu | partner / child (informal) | PA-loo |
| tata | father | TA-ta |
| nana | mother | NA-na |
| tano | land / earth | TA-no |
| trongkon | tree | TRON-gkon |
| saddok | river | SAD-dok |
| ga'chong | friend | GA-chong |
| puengi | night | PWEN-gi |
| ha'ani | day / sun | ha-A-ni |
| salape' | money | sa-LA-pe |
| lepblo | book | LEP-blo |
| guafi | fire | GUA-fi |
| langet | sky / heaven | LAN-get |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| fanhalom | to go in / enter | fan-HA-lom |
| hanao | to go | ha-NAO |
| mamaila | to come | ma-MAI-la |
| chocho | to eat | CHO-cho |
| famno | to drink | FAM-no |
| maigo | to sleep | MAI-go |
| li'e | to see | LI-e |
| sangane | to speak / tell | san-GA-ne |
| tungo | to know | TOON-go |
| trabaja | to work | tra-BA-ha |
| bende | to buy / sell | BEN-de |
| estudia | to study | es-TOO-dia |
| hungok | to hear | HOON-gok |
| layi | to want | LA-yi |
| chago | to run | CHA-go |
| muta | to sit | MOO-ta |
| falak | to stand | FA-lak |
| ayuda | to help | a-YOO-da |
| na | to give | na |
| sodda | to find | SOD-da |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| dangkolo | big | dan-KO-lo |
| dikike | small | di-KEE-ke |
| mauleg | good | MA-oo-leg |
| tailaye | bad | tai-LA-ye |
| bibo | new / lively | BEE-bo |
| amko | old | AM-ko |
| åpaka | white | A-paka |
| åttilong | black | AT-ti-long |
| agaga | red | a-GA-ga |
| manengheng | cold | ma-NENG-heng |
| maipe | hot | MAI-pe |
| metgot | strong / hard | MET-got |
| mafñot | soft | MAF-nyot |
| meggai | many | MEG-gai |
| pikaru | few / a little | pi-KA-roo |
| laklak | tall / long | LAK-lak |
| kapot | short / close | KA-pot |
| mamåhlao | sweet / shy | ma-MA-hlao |
| metgot | powerful | MET-got |
| bonito | beautiful | bo-NEE-to |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| på'go | now | PA-go |
| agupa | tomorrow | a-GOO-pa |
| nigap | yesterday | NEE-gap |
| guini | here | GWEE-ni |
| guihe | there | GWEE-he |
| ha | already | ha |
| siempre | always / surely | SIEM-pre |
| måolek | well / good | MA-o-lek |
| ha' | only / just | ha |
| taimano | how / like this | tai-MA-no |
| råndo | quickly | RAN-do |
| ñaihon | slowly / a little | NYAI-hon |
| fakmata | together | fak-MA-ta |
| sa | because / for | sa |
| yanggen | if / when | YANG-gen |
| lao | but | lao |
| yan | and / with | yan |
| fine'nana | first | fi-ne-NA-na |
| despues | after / later | des-PWES |
| sigi | always / continue | SEE-gi |