hamyo

Chamorro

Etymology

From Pre-Chamorro *xamyu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *kamiu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæm.d͡zo/

Pronoun

hamyo

1. ye, you (plural)
2. (emphatic) ye, you (plural)

Usage notes

• The non-emphatic hamyo can be used either as a subject of an intransitive verb in realis mood clauses, or as an object of a transitive verb, while en is used as a subject of a transitive verb in realis mood, and with all verbs in irrealis mood.
• In transitive clauses with an indefinite object, the non-emphatic hamyo can be used as a subject.
• The emphatic hamyo can be used either to emphasise the subject or to give a quick response.

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.