pegâ

See also: pega, pegá, pegà, and péga

Macanese

Alternative forms

• pegá

Etymology

From Portuguese pegar, with semantic and syntactic influence variously from Cantonese 攞／𫽋 (lo²), 拎 (ling¹), 揸 (zaa¹), and other similar verbs.

Verb

pegâ

1. to hold, to grab, to take

   pegâ mám andâ ― to walk hand in hand (literally, “to hold hand to walk”)

   pegâ sono ― to fall asleep (literally, “to hold sleep”)

Usage notes

• pegâ sono derives from Portuguese pegar no sono.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p