aguâ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word aguâ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word aguâ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say aguâ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word aguâ you have here. The definition of the word aguâ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofaguâ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: agua, água, aguá, and aguà

Macanese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Portuguese a voar (“flying”), with an unexplained /v/ → /g/ shift.[1] Likely unrelated to Portuguese aguar.

Pronunciation

Verb

aguâ (participle aguando)

  1. to fly
    Pastro tâ aguâ
    The bird is flying
  2. (idiomatic, of time) to fly by (to pass very quickly)
    Semana aguá, vem vai.
    Weeks fly by, they come and go.
  3. to run quickly[2]
    aguâ vai riva ― to run up quickly

Usage notes

  • Unrelated to Portuguese água or its Macanese descendant águ (“water”).
  • Note the intrusive -n- in the participle, possibly to differentiate between it and aguado (“diluted, liquefied”).

References

  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “aguar”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 152
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia