maquiâ

See also: maquia and maquía

Macanese

Etymology

Univerbation of Portuguese má criar or mal criar (literally “bad raise”). Compare Spanish malcriar (“to spoil”), malcriado (“spoiled”). Usage of ma- over mal- may be due to natural consonant dropping in Macanese, or it may be due to influence from the noun maquiaçám. Related to quiança and quiada, also displaying /kr/ → /k/.

Verb

maquiâ

1. to spoil (a child)

Related terms

• maquiaçám

References

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