otrunga
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Macanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ôtro + unga, where ôtro derives from Portuguese outro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]otrunga (plural otrunga quanto)
- other (not the one previously referred to)
- otrunga dia ― the other day
- otrunga vánda ― the other side
- another (one more; not the same)
Usage notes
[edit]- Determiners ending in -unga are pluralized by adding quanto.
- ôtro is very rarely used in modern Macanese, except in fixed phrases such as trás di ôtro (“one after another”).
Pronoun
[edit]otrunga
- other one (not the one previously referred to)
- another (one more; not the same one)
- Unga careta já choncâ na otrunga
- One car bumped into another
See also
[edit]- otróra (“long ago, formerly”)