asukirí

== Nheengatu == === Alternative forms === asúkara, asukerí === Etymology === Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica asukiri, borrowed from Portuguese açucre, 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): /asukiˈri/ Rhymes: -i Hyphenation: a‧su‧ki‧rí === Noun === asukirí (uncountable) (obsolete) sugar (sucrose from sugar cane in the form of small crystals used to sweeten food and drink) Synonym: seẽ === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “asukirí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 276