puliça

See also: pulica and pulică

Macanese

Puliça na Alemanha.

Alternative forms

• pulíça

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin polītīa, probably through Portuguese polícia and the colloquial slang form puliça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈlisa/, /puˈlisɐ/

Noun

puliça

1. police officer, policeman, policewoman

   Hyponym: chanquêm

   Puliça prendê êle ― The police officer arrested him

2. police

Derived terms

• puliça-môro (“Indian soldier formerly recruited from Goa, Damao and Diu to serve in Macao's police force”)
• puliça pau (“(historical) policeman carrying a wooden stick”, literally “policeman stick”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm