tambrinho

Macanese

Etymology

Dissimilation of tamarinho, either internally in Macanese or via Portuguese tambarino or a similar variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamˈbɾi.ɲu/, /taŋˈbɾi.ɲu/

Noun

tambrinho

1. Alternative form of tamarinho: tamarind

References

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