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.

Old Tupi asukiri

Nheengatu asukirí

Inherited from Old Tupi 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 and 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