turum

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.rum] === Noun === tūrum genitive plural of tūs == Macanese == === Alternative forms === turûm === Etymology === Uncertain. Hypothesized by some to derive from Malay turun (“to go down, to descend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈɾuŋ/ === Noun === turum a traditional Macanese game, played with sticks?, formerly popular amongst the ethnic Chinese in Macau pardal jugá turum ― the sparrow plays turum ==== Usage notes ==== The game seems to have become unknown in Macau since at least the 1980s. === References === Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “turum”, 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 551 == Old English == === Noun === tūrum dative plural of tūr