asuka

== Akan == === Noun === asuka (Twi) canal === References === LearnAkan (2018–present), “canal”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English) == Kaingang == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese açúcar, from Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /açuka/, /aʃuka/ === Noun === asuka sugar === References === Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011), “asuka”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 13 == Paraguayan Guarani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish azúcar, from Old Spanish açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سكر (sukkar), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /asuka/, [asuˈka] Rhymes: -a === Noun === asuka (Jopara) sugar Synonym: (Closed Guarani) eiratã === References === Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “asuka”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 18, column 1