cholê

Macanese

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay colek (“digging out with a pin”), mencolek (“to scrape out with a pointed 1nstrument”) or colet (“a dig with the point of the finger”) + -ê.[1] Compare modern Malay mencolok.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔˈle/

Verb

cholê (participle cholido)

  1. to spoon out of a container
    cholê águ co chareta ― to ladle water using a "chareta"
    Nã tem colher pra cholê?
    Don't you have a spoon for dishing up?
  2. to thump, to strike
    Já cholê êle di bem
    I thumped him well
  3. to tap (touch with fingers) someone to get their attention

Derived terms

References
  1. Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “choler”, 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 403

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