tagalám

Macanese

Hómi usâ tagalám.

Etymology

Apparently from obsolete dialectal Portuguese tagalhão, possibly related to tagalho (“portion”). Further etymology uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɡaˈlɐŋ/

Noun

tagalám

1. morning coat, dress coat

   Synonyms: rabo-barata, rabo-di-barata

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “tagalhão, tagalhã”, 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 539
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#r
• https://dicionario.priberam.org/tagalho