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Macanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay cubit[1] + -í.
Pronunciation
Verb
chubí
- to pinch
Qui-foi chubí iou?- Why are you pinching me?
Já chubí braço- He pinched my arm
Sora, ele sempre chubi eu!- Teacher, he is always pinching me!
- to break something into pieces
- chubí pâm ― to break bread into pieces
Derived terms
References
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “chubir”, 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 405
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