minha

See also: Minha

Guugu Yimidhirr

minha

From Portuguese minha, feminine form of meu, from Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa.

minha

(endearing) my
Synonym: (regular) iou-sa

Nom quero vai meza armuça, mas nunca deça de comê escondito minha rosca melua.
I don't want to have lunch at the table, but I must secretly eat my crescent-shaped sweet bread.
(emotional) my

Compared to iou-sa or its variants, minha is used as a manifestation of affection or a certain emotional state, as an emotional reaction to bad news, or in the header of a letter, similar to "dear" in English.

Macanese personal pronouns and possessives
	person	pronoun	possessive
singular	first	iou, io, mi, ieu	iou-sa, iou-sua^#, minha, io-sa, io-sua^#
	second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua^#
	third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua^#
plural	first	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua^#
	second	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua^#
	third	ilôtro, elôtro, olôtro, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua^#
reflexive (all persons)		onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua^#

# Dated. * Rare.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa, mha, mia, from Latin mea.

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