Tuesday, November 22, 2011

TODAY'S CHAMORRO WORD : PÅKKAKA'

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PÅKKAKA' : to keep silence, to be quiet

How many times did our mañaina yell at us kids, "Famåkkaka'!"

If you ask one or two people to be quiet, it's "Påkkaka'!"

Three or more and it's "Famåkkaka'!"  Fan+påkkaka' = famåkkaka'.  The N+P combination is changed to an M.

Pale' Roman has an interesting phrase : Ga'o-ko mohon na ginen hu påkkaka'.  I wish I would have kept quiet.

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