sôm
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "som"
Macanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Uncertain, but possibly borrowed from Cantonese 餸/𩠌 (sung3, “dish”).
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- sôm-cachôro (“dish made by using up odds and ends in the kitchen”)
- sôm di susto (“improvised dish or dishes”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Portuguese som.
Noun[edit]
sôm
- sound
- Corneta nôm têm sôm
- The horn has no sound