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Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese senhor, via an older nhom, which seems to have been an abbreviation arisen from Afro-Portuguese. Compare Portuguese nhô, Kabuverdianu nho, nhu. Doublet of sium.
Noun
nhum (plural nhum-nhum or nhunhum)
- boy
- Coordinate term: nhonha
- child
- young man
Nhum nunca-sam di aqui.- This young man is not from here.
Adjective
nhum
- (possibly archaic) young
Nhum copo agua, cima di telado, sobe di ceu.- A young butterfly flies, above rooftops, below the sky.
References
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhom”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 493
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhum”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 494
Vietnamese
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Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier con) nhum
- sea urchin
- Synonyms: nhum biển, cầu gai, nhím biển