calçám

Macanese

Etymology

From a merger of Portuguese calça (“trousers”) and calção (“shorts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈsaŋ/

Noun

calçám

1. trousers

   calçám cumprido ― long trousers

2. shorts

Usage notes

• calça is still retained in some compound words; see "Related terms".
• There is no plural form.

Related terms

• calça-ganga (“denim shorts for boys”)
• calça-moura (“light trousers worn by men at home or in bed”)

References

• 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