apó

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 阿婆 (aa³ po⁴).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ/

Noun

apó

1. elderly Chinese woman of humble background

   Hypernyms: (old woman) véla, chacha

   apó cartâ águ ― old woman carrying water

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧pó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo, from Proto-Tupian *ja(-)po.

Cognate with Guaraní tapo.

Noun

apó (IIe class pluriform, absolute sapó, R1 rapó, R2 sapó) (possessable)

1. root (part of a plant that anchors and supports the plant body)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: apú

Adjective

apó (IIe class pluriform, R1 rapó, R2 sapó)

1. rooted (having roots)
2. rooted (fixed in place by roots)
3. rootgrowing (which grows roots)

Etymology 2

Determiner

apó

1. that

Pronoun

apó

1. that

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo.

Verb

apó (first-person singular active indicative aîapó, first-person singular negative active indicative naîapóî, noun apó) (transitive)

1. to do
2. to make

   Synonym: monhang

3. to transform
4. to arrange; to organize

Etymology 4

Noun

apó (possessable)

1. thickness

Adjective

apó

1. thick
2. full

Descendants

• Nheengatu: apú

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “apó”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 50, columns 1–2