cai chuva

Macanese

Etymology

Possibly a calque of Cantonese 落雨 (lok⁶ jyu⁵, literally “fall rain”).

Verb

cai chuva

1. to rain

   Azinha vai casa-ia, logo cai chuva

   Let's get home quickly, it's going to rain

Usage notes

• By and large, Macanese does not have a separate one-word verb for raining, i.e. there is no *chovê or *chuvê derived from Portuguese chover.

References

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