nhum
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Macanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese senhor, via an older nhom, which seems to have been an abbreviation arisen from Afro-Portuguese. Compare Kabuverdianu nho, nhu. Doublet of sium.
Noun[edit]
nhum (plural nhum-nhum or nhunhum)
Adjective[edit]
nhum
- (possibly archaic) young
- Nhum copo agua, cima di telado, sobe di ceu.
- A young butterfly flies, above rooftops, below the sky.
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier con) nhum
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