ilôtro

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Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of Portuguese ele/ela(s) outro, literally he/she other, possibly formed in imitation of nosôtro and vosôtro. Compare French eux-autres, Ligurian liâtri and probably Kristang olotu.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ilôtro

  1. third-person plural personal pronoun; they
    Ilôtro nádi vêmThey are not coming

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Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Reflexive Possessive
First iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua# ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

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