bôm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bom"

Macanese

Alternative forms

• bóm, bô

Etymology

From Portuguese bom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boŋ/

Adjective

bôm (adverb bêm)

1. good

   bôm-sono ― goodnight

   más bôm ― better (literally, “more good”)

   bôm cara ― good-looking (literally, “good face”)

   bôm coraçám ― kind-hearted, generous person (literally, “good heart”)

   Êle têm bôm paga

   He has a good salary

Usage notes

• bôm coraçám may be a calque of Cantonese 好心 (hou² sam¹).
• bô is very rarely used standalone,and mostly only in interjections such as bô-tarde.

Derived terms

• nê-bôm

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓom˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓom˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓom˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pomme; the phoneme /p/ is changed into /ɓ/ as it is not a native onset consonant.

Noun

(classifier trái, quả, cây) bôm

1. (regional) apple

Synonyms

• (apple): táo tây, táo, bom (dated)

Etymology 2

Noun

bôm

1. a plant-derived tar

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːm/

Verb

bôm

1. first-person plural present subjunctive of bod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bôm	fôm	môm	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.