cholê

Macanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay colek (“digging out with a pin”), mencolek (“to scrape out with a pointed 1nstrument”) or colet (“a dig with the point of the finger”) + -ê.^[1] Compare modern Malay mencolok.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔˈle/

Verb

cholê (participle cholido)

to spoon out of a container
cholê águ co chareta ― to ladle water using a "chareta"

Nã tem colher pra cholê?
Don't you have a spoon for dishing up?
to thump, to strike
Já cholê êle di bem
I thumped him well
to tap (touch with fingers) someone to get their attention

Derived terms

cholido (“interfering”)

References

^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “choler”, 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 403