aporóna

Macanese

Alternative forms

• aporona

Etymology

apó (“elderly Chinese woman”) +‎ -róna (“feminine augmentative suffix”).

Noun

aporóna

1. (possibly derogatory) large, heavy, ordinary middle-aged Chinese woman

   Sã ramendá aporóna,
   Cartá pinga vendê brêdo.

   She appears to be an ordinary woman,
   carrying baskets of vegetables for sale.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “aporona”, 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 286