nhum

Macanese

Alternative forms

• nhom

Etymology

From Portuguese senhor, via an older nhom, which seems to have been an abbreviation arisen from Afro-Portuguese. Compare Portuguese nhô, Kabuverdianu nho, nhu. Doublet of sium.

Noun

nhum (plural nhum-nhum or nhunhum)

1. boy

   Coordinate term: nhonha

2. child
3. young man

   Nhum nunca-sam di aqui.

   This young man is not from here.

Adjective

nhum

1. (possibly archaic) young

   Nhum copo agua, cima di telado, sobe di ceu.

   A young butterfly flies, above rooftops, below the sky.

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhom”, 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
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhum”, 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 494

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɲum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɲum˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɲʊm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) nhum

1. sea urchin

   Synonyms: nhum biển, cầu gai, nhím biển