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Macanese
Etymology
Either borrowed from Malay cucok (“to poke”)[1] or a clipping of chuchumeca.[2] Doublet of chuchú. Semantically, compare English poke one's nose into.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃu/, /ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃo/
Noun
chúcho
- meddler
Adjective
chúcho
- interfering, nosy
Derived terms
References
- ^ Senna Fernandes, Miguel, Baxter, Alan (2004) “chúcho”, in Maquista chapado: vocabulário e expressões do crioulo português de Macau [Maquista chapado: vocabulary and expressions from the Portuguese creole of Macau], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, →ISBN, page 39
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chucho”, 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 36