nhame
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese inhame, from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɲa.mi/, /ˈɲa.mɛ/
Noun
nhame
Derived terms
- nhamada
- nhame chicú (“arrowhead tuber”)
References
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#nhame
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhame”, 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
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: nha‧me
Noun
nhame m
- misspelling of inhame