parám

Macanese

Alternative forms

(archaic) parão

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay parang (“short, heavy, straight-edged knife or machete”).

Noun

parám

cleaver, butcher's knife (rectangular knife, commonly used in kitchens in Macau)

References

Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “parão”, 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 506
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

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