guahu

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *waxu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

guahu

1. (emphatic) I, me

Usage notes

• guahu can be used either to emphasise the subject or object or to give a quick response.

  Guahu lumiʼeʼ i palaoʼan ― I am the one who saw the woman

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
hu-type pronouns
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973), Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.