CHamoru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chamorro CHamoru. In Guam Chamorro, digraphs such as ch are capitalized entirely.

Noun

CHamoru (plural CHamorus or CHamoru)

1. Alternative form of Chamorro (ethnicity)
   • 2012, “Sovereignty, Rights, and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples”, in Social Work Speaks: National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements, 2012-2014‎^[1], 9th edition, Washington, DC: NASW Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328, column 1:

     Japan occupied Guahan from 1941 to 1944, after which, the United States reoccupied Guahan, seizing 42 percent of the landmass that displaced the CHamoru people.

   • 2013, LisaLinda Natividad, “CHamoru Values Guiding Nonviolence”, in Conflict Transformation: Essays on Methods of Nonviolence‎^[2], McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136:

     Traditional CHamoru Cultural Values
     Ancient CHamorus have been described as kind and peaceful people (Russell, 1998) who strove to live in harmony with the land, air, sea, and one another. CHamoru villages were comprised of the family unit, and sustained their livelihood through fishing, hunting, and trading with their neighbors. Modern-day CHamorus continue to have a deep sense of spirituality in which ancestral spirits, or taotao mo’na, are venerated and elders, or the manamko’, are held in high regard for their wisdom, life experience, and age. Modern-day CHamoru norms and values are referred to as kustumbren CHamoru.

   • 2022 January 26, Sebastien Malo, “Air Force sued over plan to recommence burning of waste munitions on Guam”, in Reuters‎^[3], archived from the original on 11 June 2022:

     Prutehi Litekyan says the Air Force failed to study how the proposed operation could contaminate an aquifer beneath the disposal site, violating the National Environmental Policy Act.
     The plaintiffs also say that the site sits on the ancestral land of Guam's CHamoru people, who continue to use the adjacent ocean for fishing.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:CHamoru.

Translations

ethnicity

• Chamorro: CHamoru

Proper noun

CHamoru

1. Alternative form of Chamorro (language)
   • 2022 June 6, “Get to know Guam: Barrigada (Barigåda) village - Belly of the island”, in Stars and Stripes‎^[4], archived from the original on 06 June 2022:

     Origin of village name in CHamoru
     Barrigada comes from the CHamoru word meaning “flank” (the side of the stomach). The first written mention of the word “Barrigada” comes from Recollect Father Aniceto Ibanez del Carmen, who served on Guam for 40 years and in 1866, referred to people hunting deer in the region called “Barrigadan Tiyan.”

Translations

language

• Chamorro: CHamoru

Further reading

• “CHamoru” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Chamorro

Alternative forms

• Chamorro (Northern Mariana Islands)

Proper noun

CHamoru

1. (Guam spelling) Chamorro (language)
2. (Guam spelling) Chamorro (people)

Descendants

• → English: CHamoru