turum
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See also: turům
Noun
tūrum
Alternative forms
- turûm
Etymology
Uncertain. Hypothesized by some to derive from Malay turun (“to go down, to descend”).
Pronunciation
Noun
turum
- 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
Noun
tūrum
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