asukal
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
Noun
asukál
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- asocal, asucal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Early borrowing from Spanish azúcar. Compare Bikol Central asukar, Cebuano asukar, Ilocano asukar, Tausug sukal, and Waray-Waray asukar.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈsukal/ [ʔɐˈsuː.xɐl]
- Rhymes: -ukal
- Syllabification: a‧su‧kal
Noun
asukal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔)
Derived terms
- asukal de mama
- asukal de papa
- asukal-bato
- asukalan
- asukalin
- mag-aasukal
- mag-asukal
- pulang asukal
- puting asukal
Related terms
- asukal de-piyedra
- asukarera
- asukareriya
- asukarero
- asukarilyo
See also
Further reading
- “asukal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 23: “Açucar) Aſocal (pp) dulce y buena”