nhame

Macanese

Alternative forms

• inhame

Etymology

From Portuguese inhame, from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.mi/, /ˈɲa.mɛ/

Noun

nhame

1. yam

Derived terms

• nhamada
• nhame chicú (“arrowhead tuber”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#nhame
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhame”, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nha‧me

Noun

nhame m

1. Misspelling of inhame.