Etymology

balichao

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Today it means: A shrimp or krill paste used in Macanese cuisine. Full definition →

Macanese balichám ← Malay belacan
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frombelacan“shrimp paste”
  2. Macanese · borrowed frombalichám
  3. English todaybalichao

Borrowed from Macanese balichám, from Malay belacan (“shrimp paste”).

Words from the same roots

Malaybelacan all →

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