assilai
Macanese
editEtymology
editassí + laia. Possibly a calque of Cantonese 噉樣/噉样 (gam2 joeng6-2).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editassilai
References
edit- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “assilai”, 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 294
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a