Patuá Verse: Alphabet

The booklet on the patuá (Papiá Cristám di Macau) by the eminent scholar, José “Adé” dos Santos Ferreira, included a lexicon. At the start of each letter of the alphabet was a patuá verse and its Portuguese translation. These verses are reproduced here, with English translation added.

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