gossô

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay gosok,[1] from Proto-Malayic *kusuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔˈsɔ/

Verb

gossô

  1. (transitive) to sweep, to mop
    gossô chám ― to sweep the floor
  2. (transitive) to scrub, to buff, to polish

Derived terms

  • gossodela (“mop; wipe”)

References

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “gossô”, 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 44

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