cambrám
See also: cambram
Macanese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese camarão and obsolete cambrão. For dissimilation of -mar- → -mbr-, compare also tambrinho.
Noun
editcambrám
- shrimp, prawn
- bolo di cambrám ― shrimp dumpling (literally, “shrimp cake”)
- cambrám mizóna ― mantis shrimp
Usage notes
editReferences
edit- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cambrám”, 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 341