Monday, March 12, 2012

TODAY'S CHAMORRO WORD : NIFEN

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NIFEN : tooth, teeth

I nifen-ho.  My tooth; my teeth.

Guesgues i nifen-mo!  Brush your teeth!

Austronesian Roots

Nifen has many similarities with other languages who share our Austronesia roots.

"TOOTH"


CHAMORRO NIFEN
TAGALOG NGIPIN
MELANAU (Borneo, Malaysia) ÑIPEN
CHUUKESE NII
SAMOAN NIFO
SAISIAT (Taiwan) NEPEN

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