copo-copo
Macanese
Copo-copo.
Alternative forms
- côpo-côpo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔpu ˈkɔpu/, /ˌkɔpo ˈkɔpo/
Noun
copo-copo
- butterfly
- copo-copo tâ aguâ
- the butterfly is flying
- alegre como côpo-côpo na primavera na dia de sol
- happy as a butterfly on a sunny day in spring
References
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “copo-copo”, 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 415
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
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