sukur
See also: şükür
Faroese
Etymology
From Danish sukker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːkʊɹ/
Noun
sukur m (genitive singular sukurs, uncountable)
- sugar (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
Declension
| n13-s | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sukur | sukrið |
| accusative | sukur | sukrið |
| dative | sukri | sukrinum |
| genitive | sukurs | sukursins |
Derived terms
- drúvusukur
- mjólkarsukur
- putursukur
- sukurrót
- sukurrør
- súltusukur
- vaniljusukur
- vínberjasukur
Javanese
Romanization
sukur
- romanization of ꦱꦸꦏꦸꦂ
Ternate
Etymology
Reborrowed from Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsu.kuɾ]
Noun
sukur
- alternative form of suku (“thanks, gratitude”)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh