Macanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay laksa.

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Noun

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lacassá

  1. rice vermicelli
    sópa lacassávermicelli soup

Usage notes

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References

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  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “lacassá”, 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 463

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: la‧cas‧sá

Numeral

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lacassá m

  1. (India) lakh (one hundred thousand)
    Synonym: laque