nhum

Macanese

Alternative forms

  • nhom

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)

  1. boy
    Coordinate term: nhonha
  2. child
  3. young man
    Nhum nunca-sam di aqui.
    This young man is not from here.

Adjective

nhum

  1. (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

  1. sea urchin
    Synonyms: nhum biển, cầu gai, nhím biển
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