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Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese feijão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈd͡ʒaŋ/, /fiˈd͡ʒɐŋ/
Noun
fijám
- bean
- fijám-vemêlo ― bean used for feijoada
- fijám-frade ― black-eyed bean
- fijám-chicote ― Chinese long bean (literally, “whip bean”)
Têm rê na bariga, nôm pôde intra unga fijám- metaphor said of someone who is very arrogant
- (literally, “He who has a king in his stomach cannot make way for a bean”)
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