In English, events are postponed and agenda items are tabled.
In Chamorro, they are hung.
The word "to hang" in Chamorro is kana'.
Ma kakana' i gipot asta ke måkpo' i pakyo.
The party is postponed until the typhoon is over.
Maolek-ña ta kana' este asta despues de Agosto na mes.
It's better that we table this until after the month of August.
Ma kana' i botasion sa' pot ti nahong miembro.
They delayed the voting because there weren't enough members.
In Chamorro, we hang events and topics like we hang clothes or a picture on a wall. We don't mean we hang them like we hang people to die.
In Chamorro, to hang someone or something in order to kill them is ñaka'.
Ha ñaka' maisa gue' i besinu-ho.
My neighbor hanged himself.
Ma ñaka' i babue pues ma puno'.
The pig was hanged then killed.
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