damostrâ
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Macanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]dâ (“to give”) + Portuguese mostrar (“to show”).[1] Possibly also influenced by Portuguese amostrar.
Verb
[edit]damostrâ
- to show
- to demonstrate
Usage notes
[edit]- mostrâ or mostrá nonetheless still exists in some writings.
References
[edit]- ^ Senna Fernandes, Miguel, Baxter, Alan (2004) “damostrâ”, in Maquista chapado: vocabulário e expressões do crioulo português de Macau [Maquista chapado: vocabulary and expressions from the Portuguese creole of Macau], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, →ISBN, page 44