damostrâ
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