Could it be Cachaça? Scot Mary Frost wrote: > Good morning Miguel: > I did not find the word in any of my multiple dictionaries so I went back to > my notes to locate the source of my information. I find I did not state the > source. As you are the native speaker, I will stand corrected. > Mary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miguel de Castro > Henriques > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] FYI:caxaxo? > > Hello Mary, > > You say "Caxaxo: it means the person in question was > either lame or had one leg shorter than the other." > > That would be c o x o. Caxaxo is something else. > > regards, > > MIguel > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Mary Frost <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Hello All: >> >> I have just a quick comment regarding this word found in a document. >> > Caxaxo > >> is not an occupation but a descriptive: it means the person in question >> > was > >> either lame or had one leg shorter than the other. >> >> Mary >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >