asukiri

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• asukari

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese açucre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.su.kiˈɾi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧su‧ki‧ri

Noun

asukiri (?)

1. (LGA) sugar

   Synonyms: takûare'ẽypy'oka, u'ubae'ẽypy'oka

Descendants

• Nheengatu: asukirí

References

• João de Arronches (1739) “ASUCAR”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 116: “açukiri [asukiri]”
• annonymous (c. 1757) “Assucar”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica (in Portuguese), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 20: “açukirî [asukiri]”