chubí

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Macanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay cubit[1] + -í.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chubí

  1. to pinch
    Qui-foi chubí iou?
    Why are you pinching me?
    Já chubí braço
    He pinched my arm
    Sora, ele sempre chubi eu!
    Teacher, he is always pinching me!
  2. to break something into pieces
    chubí pâm ― to break bread into pieces

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chubir”, 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 405

Further reading

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