chomâ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "choma"

Macanese

Alternative forms

  • chomá

Etymology

From Portuguese chamar. Given the specific word order, most likely, sense 2 is a semantic loan from Cantonese 叫 (giu3).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔˈma/

Verb

chomâ

  1. (transitive) to call
    chomâ (pa) iou ― call me
  3. (intransitive) to be called, to be named
    Iou chomâ Maria ― My name is Maria (literally, “I am called Maria”)

References

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