copo-copo

Macanese

Copo-copo.

Alternative forms

• côpo-côpo

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kupu-kupu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔpu ˈkɔpu/, /ˌkɔpo ˈkɔpo/

Noun

copo-copo

1. butterfly

   copo-copo tâ aguâ

   the butterfly is flying

   alegre como côpo-côpo na primavera na dia de sol

   happy as a butterfly on a sunny day in spring

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “copo-copo”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 415
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c