cavâ

See also: cava, cavá, Cava, and ça va

Macanese

Etymology

From *acavar, a dialectal variant of Portuguese acabar. Preposition sense may be a semantic loan from Cantonese 完 (jyun⁴).

Verb

cavâ

1. to finish, end

   Synonym: ramatâ

   Alina já cavâ fazê trabalo di casa

   Alina has (already) finished her homework

Preposition

cavâ

1. after (subsequently to, following in time, later than)

   cavâ escurecê ― after dusk

   Cavâ uví, já ficâ murúm

   After hearing (the news), he got sad

   Êle cavâ comê, lôgo fazê trabalo casa.

   He will do his homework after eating.

   Cavâ sentá más unchinho ora, já vêm coraze chomá A Peng vêm perto.

   After sitting for a bit more time, he summoned the courage to call for A Peng to come closer.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
• https://belamaquista.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/cavaafter/