Wiktionary

apó

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Cantonese 阿婆 (aa3 po4).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

apó

  1. elderly Chinese woman of humble background
    Hypernyms: (old woman) véla, chacha
    apó cartâ águ ― old woman carrying water

References edit

Old Tupi edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Cognate with Guaraní tapo.

Noun edit

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 edit
  • Nheengatu: apú

Adjective edit

apó (IIe class pluriform, R1 rapó, R2 sapó)

  1. rooted (having roots)
  2. rooted (fixed in place by roots)
  3. rootgrowing (which grows roots)

Etymology 2 edit

Determiner edit

apó

  1. that

Pronoun edit

apó

  1. that

Etymology 3 edit

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

Verb edit

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

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

apó (possessable)

  1. thickness

Adjective edit

apó

  1. thick
  2. full
Descendants edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

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