sutate

Macanese

Sutate.

Etymology

Apparently of Japanese origin.[1] If so, likely borrowed from Japanese すったて (suttate), a dish from Shirakawa prepared by mixing stone-ground soybeans with a miso and soy-sauce-based broth.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈtate/, /suˈtati/

Noun

sutate

  1. soy sauce[3]
    Synonym: siao
    minchi burifado co sutatemince marinated in soy sauce

Derived terms

  • cara di sutate (stupid face, literally soy-saucy face)

References

  1. Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “sutate”, 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 536
  2. https://www.vill.shirakawa.lg.jp/1465.htm
  3. https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#sutate
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