pacapiu

Macanese

Alternative forms

• pacapíu

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 白鴿票／白鸽票 (baak⁶ gaap^3-2 biu¹, literally “white pigeon ticket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.kaˈpiw/

Noun

pacapiu

1. Chinese lottery; pakapoo

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “pacapiu”, 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 501
• Senna Fernandes, Miguel, Baxter, Alan (2004) “pacapiu”, in Maquista chapado: vocabulário e expressões do crioulo português de Macau [Maquista chapado: vocabulary and expressions from the Portuguese creole of Macau], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, →ISBN, page 76