gossô

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Macanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay gosok,[1] from Proto-Malayic *kusuk.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gossô

  1. to sweep, to mop
    gossô chám ― to sweep the floor
  2. to scrub, to buff, to polish

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “gossô”, 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 44

Further reading

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