Where does “nhamada” come from?

nhamada (Macanese) comes from Macanese nhame, from Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami — to eat.

nhamada (Macanese): yam preserve

Definitions

  1. yam preserve

Ancestry of “nhamada”, step by step

nhamada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Macanese nhame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macanesenhameyam
2Portugueseinhameyam
3Fulanyamito eat

via Macanese ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macaneseada—
Every word from Fula nyami →Every word from Portuguese inhame →Every word from Macanese nhame →