turum
See also: turům
Latin
editNoun
edittūrum
Macanese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain. Hypothesized by some to derive from Malay turun (“to go down, to descend”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editturum
- a traditional Macanese game, played with sticks?, formerly popular amongst the ethnic Chinese in Macau
- pardal jugá turum ― the sparrow plays turum
Usage notes
edit- The game seems to have become unknown in Macau since at least the 1980s.
References
edit- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “turum”, 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 551
Old English
editNoun
edittūrum