pegâ

See also: pega, pegá, pegà, and péga

Macanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese pegar, with semantic and syntactic influence variously from Cantonese 攞 / 𫽋 (lo2), 拎 (ling1), 揸 (zaa1), and other similar verbs.

Verb

pegâ

  1. to hold, to grab, to take
    pegâ mám andâ ― to walk hand in hand (literally, “to hold hand to walk”)
    pegâ sono ― to fall asleep (literally, “to hold sleep”)

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