nôm têm nada
Macanese
Macanese phrasebook
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Alternative forms
- nom tem nada, nâm têm nada, (archaic) nã tẽ nada
Etymology
Literally, “there is nothing”. Possibly a clipping of Portuguese não tem nada que agradecer (“there is nothing to be thankful for”).
Usage notes
- nada is not used as a standalone word in Macanese.
References
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#n
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “non tem nada”, 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 495
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