na-más
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Macanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of Portuguese não mais. By surface analysis, nâm + más. Compare Asturian namás, Catalan només, Romanian numai, Spanish nomás.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
na-más
- no more
- Unga istánti na-más. ― In no more than an instant.
- only, just
- Iou querê unchinho na-más.
- I only want a tiny bit.
References[edit]
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “na más”, 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 492