ólo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "olo"

Macanese edit

From Portuguese olho, with many adverbial senses being a calque of Cantonese 眼. Doublet of oclo.

ólo

(anatomy) eye, eyes
ólo batê-batê ― to blink quickly (literally, “to hit the eyes”)

ólo enfiado ― cross-eyed (literally, “eye threaded”)

ólo fino ― slit eyes

ólo di gaviám ― lively eyes (literally, “eyes of a hawk”)

ólo sentado ― still gaze (literally, “sitting eyes”)

comê qui ficâ ôlo sentado ― to overeat, to gorge (literally, “to eat to the point of sitting eyes”)

ólo empatucado ― googly eyes

ólo galado ― bewitched shining eyes

ólo más grándí qui baríga ― a gluttonous person who takes more than he can ingest (literally, “eyes bigger than one's belly”)

fichâ ôlo ― to close one's eyes; to die

pussâ ôlo ― to attract attention (literally, “to pull eyes”)

rancâ ôlo ― to stare frighteningly (literally, “to snatch eyes”)

bassâ ôlo ― to lower one's eyes in shame

virâ ôlo ― to roll one's eyes; in a very short amount of time
sapling, shoot, sprout (of plants and trees)
ólo bambú ― bamboo shoot

ólo di figuêra ― banana palm sprout

fichâ ôlo is likely a calque of Cantonese 合眼 (hap⁶ ngaan⁵).
The second sense of virâ ôlo is likely a calque of Cantonese 轉眼／转眼 (zyun² ngaan⁵); note also English in the blink of an eye.
The preferred spelling in Maquista Chapado (2004) is ôlo.