asukirí

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • asúkara, asukerí

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā)bor.
    Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ)bor.
    Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)der.
    Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar
    Portuguese açúcarbor.
    Língua Geral Amazônica asukiri
    Nheengatu asukirí

    Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica asukiri, from Portuguese açucre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /asukiˈri/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: a‧su‧ki‧rí

    Noun

    asukirí (uncountable)

    1. (archaic) sugar (sucrose from sugar cane in the form of small crystals used to sweeten food and drink)
      Synonym: seẽ

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “asukirí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 276
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