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mestê

Macanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mester (“necessary”),[1] from Old Galician-Portuguese mester. Alternative form derives from Portuguese há mester (“there is necessity”).[2]

Predicative edit

mestê (negative nomestê)

  1. it is needed, it is necessary[3]
    Antonym: nuncassá
    ...mestê primêro / fazê três quatro viazi
    ...first it is needed / to make three or four trips

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “mestê”, 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 483
  2. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “amestê”, 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 159
  3. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
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