choncâ
Macanese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Blend of Cantonese 撞 (zong6) + Portuguese chocar. Alternative form possibly derived from Portuguese chocalhar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
choncâ
Usage notes edit
- Most commonly used with road accidents.[2]
References edit
- ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “choncar”, 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 404