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Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese cabeça. Sense 3 most likely a semantic loan from Cantonese 頭／头.
Noun
cabéça
- (anatomy) head (part of the body)
- cabéça-di-bonzo ― soup prepared in a bain-marie using the skin of a winter gourd (literally, “head of monk”)
- cabéça-di-vento ― forgetful, head in the clouds (literally, “head of wind/air”)
- cabéça-di-cobra ― trafficker of illegal immigrants (literally, “head of snake”)
- (figurative) mind
- quebrâ cabéça ― to dwell on one topic; to search for a solution to a problem (literally, “to break head”)
- cabéça di atum ― trickster
- cabéça-grandi ― innovator; ringleader (literally, “big head”)
- leader, chief, controller
- Synonym: máno
- cabéça-di-cúli ― stevedore at the docks and markets responsible for a team of coolies (literally, “head of coolie(s)”)
- cabéça-di-hui ― person who chairs and presides over the meetings of the hui
- cabéça-di-lorcha ― captain of a boat (literally, “head of lorcha”)
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