cambrám

See also: cambram

Macanese

Alternative forms

• camarâm

Etymology

From Portuguese camarão and obsolete cambrão. For dissimilation of -mar- → -mbr-, compare also tambrinho.

Noun

cambrám

1. shrimp, prawn

   bolo di cambrám ― shrimp dumpling (literally, “shrimp cake”)

   cambrám mizóna ― mantis shrimp

Usage notes

• bolo di cambrám almost certainly refers to Cantonese 蝦餃 / 虾饺 (haa¹ gaau²), i.e. har gow.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cambrám”, 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 341