• unçôm,unçom,ungsóm,unsóm,unsó,onsom,(common)onçôm,onçom

Portugueseum(“a, one”) +só(“alone”) (Macaneseunga +‎sô), hence the older formsunsó andunçom, first formed in Malaysian Portuguese and Kristang. Final nasalization possibly influenced by the nasality of theun- (and lateron-) component.^[1] For the /u/ → /o/ shift, comparefonçám (versus expected*funçám). For the word-final nasalization, comparesium.

• IPA^(key): /oŋˈsɔŋ/,/uŋˈsɔŋ/

onçóm

1. alone,unaccompanied(by oneself)

   Synonyms:sô,sômente

   êleonçóm vêm ―he camealone

   já ficâonçóm ―he was leftalone

onçóm

1. reflexive pronoun:oneself^[2]

   têm naonçóm sa casa ―he is inhis own home

   sâm êleonçóm falâ ―he said ithimself

• May take the place of Portuguesese, for exampleentreter-se(“to keep oneself entertained”) becomesentretê onçóm in Macanese.
• As seen in the first collocation,onçóm-sa(“one's own”) is a possible possessive pronoun, however it is not as common assu which is functionally equivalent.
• Often written asonçôm.

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