vánda

See also: vanda, Vanda, vända, and vånda

Macanese

Etymology

Likely from Portuguese banda (“band, stripe”), with alternation of /b/ and /v/.

Noun

vánda

1. side

   pa estunga vánda ― around here (literally, “on this side”)

   vánda di trás ― backside

   otrunga vánda ― the other side

   Êle já lugâ ung'a casa na vánda di Lilau ― He rented a house in Lilau (literally, “He rented a house on the side of Lilau”)

Usage notes

• na vánda di may be a calque of Cantonese 喺嗰邊 / 喺嗰边 (hai² go² bin¹, “over in”, literally “that side”).

Derived terms

• ali-vánda (“over there”, literally “there-side”)
• na vánda di (“in; near”, literally “on the side of”)

References

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