https://chamoruwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=M%C3%A5m%C3%A5%27on 2026-11-02T02:35:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://chamoruwiki.org/index.php?title=M%C3%A5m%C3%A5%27on&diff=574&oldid=prev 2026-10-30T12:56:39Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:56, 30 October 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Åkgak</del>''' is the Chamorro word for chewing [[pugua'|pugua' (betelnut)]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Måmå'on</ins>''' is the Chamorro word for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cultural practice of </ins>chewing [[pugua'|pugua' (betelnut)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] with [[pupulu|pupulu (pepper leaf)]], and [[åfok|åfok (slaked lime)]].  It is a practice that goes back millenia.  Generally, the pugua' mahetok (hard betelnut, mature seed) is extracted from the husk by cutting with [[tiheras pugua'|tiheras pugua' (betelnut scissors)]] or by biting the nut in half, and then in quarters.  This portion of the seed is then either wrapped with pupulu, or not, and chewed.  The inclusion of åfok is at the preference of the chewer.  Generally all three components are used.  In more modern times, pugua' mañaña' or soft betelnut (green immature fruits) are chewed more frequently.  Interestingly, during dry season many chewers allow the "last" råsimu (raceme, but botanically a spadix) to mature because the fruits have a longer shelf life off the tree.  </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:betelnutbasket.jpg|thumb|pugua' and pupulu in a kottot</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Gehilo https://chamoruwiki.org/index.php?title=M%C3%A5m%C3%A5%27on&diff=573&oldid=prev 2026-10-30T12:48:20Z

<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Åkgak&#039;&#039;&#039; is the Chamorro word for chewing <a href="/wiki/Pugua%27" title="Pugua&#039;">pugua&#039; (betelnut)</a>&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Åkgak&#039;&#039;&#039; is the Chamorro word for chewing [[pugua&#039;|pugua&#039; (betelnut)]]</div>

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