Expresses the indirect object: to; for · Expresses the direction of movement: to; towards; into · Forms adverbial phrases of manner: by, -ly
köken: From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 (pʿn) / PWN (pad, “to, at, in, on”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎹 (p-t-i-y /patiy/), from Proto-Iranian *pati-. Northern Luri ڤە (ve).
köken: Shortening of nossa senhora (literally “our lady”), itself a shortening of minha nossa senhora (literally “my our lady”). The expression minha nossa senhora is probably influenced by meu Deus (literally “my God”), similarly to English Oh, my God and Spanish Dios mío.
Benge percebeu o clima tenso e resolveu dar mais uma das suas: — Nossa! O Chefinho tá-que-tá! Uma fera!
An exclamation or expression of alarm about a problem or error; oh no.
köken: Probably contracted from Allah (“God”) + mak (“mother”), possibly under Portuguese influence (compare Kristang alamah (“Mother of God”)). Malaysian linguist Amat Juhari Moain suggested that the word is contracted from Arabic اللَّهُ مَعَكَ (al-lahu maʕaka), a traditional phrase meaning “May God be with you”.