choncâ
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Macanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of Cantonese 撞 (zong6) + Portuguese chocar. Alternative form possibly derived from Portuguese chocalhar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]choncâ
Usage notes
[edit]- Most commonly used with road accidents.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “choncar”, 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 404