assilai

Macanese

Etymology

assí +‎ laia. Possibly a calque of Cantonese 噉樣／噉样 (gam² joeng^6-2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.siˈlaj/

Adjective

assilai

1. similar
2. suchlike

   assilai cuza ― such a thing

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “assilai”, 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 294
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a