tiro-grandi
Macanese
Etymology
Portuguese
tiro
(
“
shot
”
)
+
grandi
(
“
big
”
)
, calque of
English
big shot
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌtiɾu ˈɡrandi/
Noun
tiro-grandi
big shot
, an
important
person
References
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm