caxám

Macanese

Etymology

Presumably from Portuguese caixão, from caixa (“box”) + -ão (“augmentative suffix”). By surface analysis, caixa +‎ -ám.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈʃɐŋ/

Noun

caxám

  1. big box
  2. funeral casket, coffin

References

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