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Macanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Uncertain, but possibly borrowed from Cantonese 餸／𩠌 (sung3, “dish”).
Noun
sôm
- food, dish
- Palangana grándi-grándi di sôm ― large platter of food
- Vai bazar comprâ sôm ― to go to the market to get groceries (literally, “to go to the market to buy food”)
Usage notes
- comprâ sôm is probably a partial calque of Cantonese 買餸／买𩠌 (maai5 sung3), which refers generally to buying groceries to be used to prepare food, rather than directly buying food.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Portuguese som.
Noun
sôm
- sound
Corneta nôm têm sôm- The horn has no sound
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