caxám

Macanese

Etymology

Presumably from Portuguese caixão, from caixa (“box”) + -ão (“augmentative suffix”). By surface analysis, caixa +‎ -ám.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʃɐŋ/

Noun

caxám

1. big box
2. funeral casket, coffin

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm