cholido

Macanese

Etymology

cholê +‎ -ido, most likely semantically related to the third sense (to tap someone to get their attention). Note the change from -ê to -ido, as is consistent with Portuguese grammar (cf. Portuguese morrer, morrido), which compare also empido.

Adjective

cholido

1. interfering, nosy, meddlesome

   ficâ cholido ― to interfere; to be accused of interfering (literally, “to become interfering”)

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cholido”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 404
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c