Chamorro
See also: chamorro
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Guam) CHamoru
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈmɒɹəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈmɔɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹəʊ
Noun edit
Chamorro (plural Chamorros or Chamorro)
- An indigenous native islander of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Proper noun edit
Chamorro
- An Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous native islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Translations edit
Austronesian language
Adjective edit
Chamorro (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the indigenous native islanders of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Chamorro terms
- ISO 639-1 code ch, ISO 639-3 code cha (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Chamorro, cha
Chamorro edit
Alternative forms edit
- CHamoru (Guam)
Proper noun edit
Chamorro
- (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (language)
- (Northern Mariana Islands spelling) Chamorro (people)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Cognate with Spanish chamorro (“shaved”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Chamorro m
- a surname
References edit
- “Chamorro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Chamorro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “chamorro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Chamorro m or f by sense
- a surname