Joseph Paul Gaimard’s 1819 CHamoru Vocabulary
Translation and Annotation
Dr. Alexander M. Kerr of the University of Guam translated Joseph Paul Gaimard’s 1819 glossary of CHamoru words assembled while he was on Guam in April 1819 as the naturalist of the French expedition about the French naval vessel Uraine. The ship, under the command of Louis Claude de Freycinet, circumnavigated the world during the years 1817 to 1820.
The glossary contains 184 CHamoru words, numbers and phrases, some of which have not been seen before and some of which are not currently in use.
Download Gaimard’s CHamoru vocabulary here.