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Macanese
Etymology
Possibly a calque of Cantonese 落雨 (lok6 jyu5, literally “fall rain”).
Verb
cai chuva
- to rain
Azinha vai casa-ia, logo cai chuva- Let's get home quickly, it's going to rain
Usage notes
- By and large, Macanese does not have a separate one-word verb for raining, i.e. there is no *chovê or *chuvê derived from Portuguese chover.
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