Bikol and Chamorro/Lexical Selection

bcl → cha Evaluation

bóla

In Bikol, bóla means ball or compliment. In Chamorro, ball = bola and compliment = komplimenta.

Lexical selection between bola and komplimenta is guided by the following rules:

• Bola (ball) is chosen when:
  • Preceded by a verb such as throw, toss, catch, play, buy, borrow, lend, bounce
  • Followed by an adjective such as round, colors

Example sentences

• Bola (ball) is chosen in the following example:
  • Sublion mo si bola ki Jose (Borrow the ball from Jacob)
• Komplimenta (compliment) is chosen in the following example:
  • <example here>

glóbo

In Bikol, glóbo means map or balloon. In Chamorro, map = mapa and balloon = abubu.

For now, the default selection is set to translate glóbo to abubu, or balloon in English.

cha → bcl Evalutaion

In Chamorro, guakse means to scrub (clothes) or to turn inside out. In Bikol, to scrub (clothes) = kuró-kusó and to turn inside out = balík.

Lexical selection between kuró-kusó and balík is guided by the following rules:

• kuró-kusó (scrub clothes) is chosen when:
  • Followed by a definite article and then a word meaning "clothes"

Example sentences

• kuró-kusó is chosen in the following example:
  • Hu guakse i magagu-hu (I scrubbed my clothes)
• balík is chosen in the following example:
  • <example here>

In Chamorro, maggem means cautious or damp. In Bikol, cautious = máan and damp = basá.

Lexical selection between máan and basá is guided by the following rules:

• basá (damp) is chosen when:
  • <rule here>

Example sentences

• basá is chosen in the following example:
  • <example here>
• máan is chosen in the following example:
  • <example here>