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tambâ

See also: tamba and tambā

Macanese

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Alternative forms

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  • tambar (modern hypercorrection)

Etymology

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Possibly Indonesian tambal (“to patch”) + -â.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tamˈbɐ/, /tamˈba/

Verb

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tambâ

  1. to patch, to repair
    tambâ calça ― to patch up trousers
  2. to cover, to fill in
    tambâ buraco di rua ― to fill in the hole in the street

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “tambar”, 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 540

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