na-más

Macanese

Alternative forms

• namás, na más

Etymology

Univerbation of Portuguese não mais. By surface analysis, nâm +‎ más. Compare Asturian namás, Catalan només, Romanian numai, Spanish nomás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈmas/, /naˈmaʃ/

Adverb

na-más

1. no more

   Unga istánti na-más. ― In no more than an instant.

2. only, just

   Iou querê unchinho na-más.

   I only want a tiny bit.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “na más”, 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 492