Bikol and Chamorro/Lexical Selection

bcl → cha Evaluation

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
Komplimenta (compliment) is chosen as a default if the above conditions are not satisfied.

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:
- Itaó mo an bola (Give a compliment)

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.

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:
- Hu guakse i guma'-hu (I scrubbed my house)

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

For now, the default selection is set to translate maggem to basá, or damp in English.