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 águold woman carrying water

References

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo, from Proto-Tupian *ja(-)po.[1]

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)

Determiner

apó

  1. that

Pronoun

apó

  1. that

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo.[2]

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

Noun

apó (possessable)

  1. thickness

Adjective

apó

  1. thick
  2. full
Descendants

References

  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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