Because of over a century of American influence, many Chamorros think of the English letter I when they hear the Chamorro sound AI. As in "island, ice, iron."
So they spell GUAIYA, the Chamorro word for "to love," as GUIYA.
This creates confusion because there already is a Chamorro word GUIYA, and it means "he, she or it."
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So, to spell "I love you" in Chamorro, it is : HU GUAIYA HAO.
Not GUIYA.
GUIYA means "he, she or it."
I heard a long time ago an interesting theory that Hu Guiya Hao can be be be explained using the entomology of dissecting the words into "hugua" (two) "ya" (and) "hao" (you) to mean the two of us are together. The theory has holes such as we do have a word for love (guaiya, guinaiya, etc) and lacks a more thorough explanation but I would love your take on it.
ReplyDeleteThe difficulty with the theory is that if "hu guaiya hao" comes from "hugua," then how to explain "un guaiya gue'," "ma guaiya hao," "in guaiya hao," and so on. The "hu" of "hu guaiya hao" has no connection to "hugua."
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