babachai

Macanese

Etymology

From babá +‎ Cantonese 仔 (zai²).

Noun

babachai

1. small child

   Coordinate term: quiança

2. baby

Related terms

• amochâi
• amuichai

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#b
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “babachai”, 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 n63