parám

Macanese

Alternative forms

• (archaic) parão

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay parang (“short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete”).

Noun

parám

1. cleaver, butcher's knife (rectangular knife, commonly used in kitchens in Macau)

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “parão”, 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 506
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm