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labitâ

Macanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Suggested by some to be of Portuguese origin.[1] Possibly related to lampita (“busybody, a nosy person”).

Verb edit

labitâ

  1. to speak
    Synonyms: papiâ, falâ
    Capaz labitâ ― He can speak well
  2. to parrot[2] (to repeat exactly without showing understanding)

References edit

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “labitar”, 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 463
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
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