sôm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "som"

Macanese

Alternative forms

• som

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soŋ/, /sõ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but possibly borrowed from Cantonese 餸／𩠌 (sung³, “dish”).

Noun

sôm

1. food, dish

   Palangana grándi-grándi di sôm ― large platter of food

   Vai bazar comprâ sôm ― to go to the market to get groceries (literally, “to go to the market to buy food”)

Usage notes

• comprâ sôm is probably a partial calque of Cantonese 買餸／买𩠌 (maai⁵ sung³), which refers generally to buying groceries to be used to prepare food, rather than directly buying food.

Derived terms

• sôm-cachôro (“dish made by using up odds and ends in the kitchen”)
• sôm di susto (“improvised dish or dishes”)

Etymology 2

From Portuguese som.

Noun

sôm

1. sound

   Corneta nôm têm sôm

   The horn has no sound

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm