hortelám di sopa
Macanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (archaic) hortelão de sopa
Etymology edit
Literally, “soup mint”. Referred to as such due to its common usage in soups in Macanese cuisine,[1] in addition to various other dishes.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- spearmint (Mentha viridis)[2]
- chá di hortelám di sopa ― spearmint tea
Usage notes edit
- Noted for its thin leaves, as opposed to hortelám malavar which has thick leaves.
References edit
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “hortelão de sopa”, 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 458
- ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#h