insaguâ

Macanese

Alternative forms

• inxaguâ

Etymology

From Portuguese enxaguar. Related to águ.

Pronunciation

• insaguâ: IPA^(key): /iŋ.saˈɡwa/, /in.saˈɡwa/
• inxaguâ: IPA^(key): /iŋ.(t)ʃaˈɡwa/, /in.(t)ʃaˈɡwa/

Verb

insaguâ

1. to rinse, to wash lightly

   insaguâ rópa ― to rinse clothes

Derived terms

• insaguâ vista (“to enjoy looking at some pleasing thing or person; to have a wandering eye”, literally “to rinse view”)

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “insaguar”, 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 45
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#i