turum

See also: turům

Latin

Noun

tūrum

1. genitive plural of tūs

Macanese

Alternative forms

• turûm

Etymology

Uncertain. Hypothesized by some to derive from Malay turun (“to go down, to descend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈɾuŋ/

Noun

turum

1. a traditional Macanese game, played with sticks?, formerly popular amongst the ethnic Chinese in Macau

   pardal jugá turum ― the sparrow plays turum

Usage notes

• The game seems to have become unknown in Macau since at least the 1980s.

References

• 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

Noun

tūrum

1. dative plural of tūr