Bikol and Chamorro/Lexical selection

Lexical Selection

bcl → cha

• In Bikol, bóla means ball or compliment. In Chamorro, ball = bola and compliment = komplimenta.
• glóbo means map or balloon in Bikol. In Chamorro, map = mapa and balloon = abubu.

cha → bcl

• In Chamorro, guakse means to scrub (clothes) or to turn inside out. In Bikol, to scrub (clothes) is kuró-kusó and to turn inside out is balík.
• maggem means cautious or damp. In Bikol, máan means cautious and basá means damp.