calçám
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Macanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a merger of Portuguese calça (“trousers”) and calção (“shorts”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]calçám
Usage notes
[edit]- calça is still retained in some compound words; see "Related terms".
- There is no plural form.
Related terms
[edit]- calça-ganga (“denim shorts for boys”)
- calça-moura (“light trousers worn by men at home or in bed”)
References
[edit]- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “calça-moura”, 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 340