hortelám di sopa
Macanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (archaic) hortelão de sopa
Etymology
[edit]Literally, “soup mint”. Referred to as such due to its common usage in soups in Macanese cuisine,[1] in addition to various other dishes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- spearmint (Mentha viridis)[2]
- chá di hortelám di sopa ― spearmint tea
Usage notes
[edit]- Noted for its thin leaves, as opposed to hortelám malavar which has thick leaves.
References
[edit]- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “hortelão de sopa”, 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 458
- ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#h