asukiri

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === asukari, asukeri, asukyri === Etymology === 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): [a.su.kiˈɾi] Rhymes: -i === Noun === asukiri (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica) sugar Synonyms: takûare'ẽypy'oka, u'ubae'ẽypy'oka ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: asukirí === References === Arronches, João de (1739), “ASUCAR”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 116: “açukiri [asukiri]” anonymous author (1750), “Açúcar”, in “Diccionario da Lingua geral do Brazil [Dictionary of the general language of Brazil]”, in Grãmatica da Lingua geral do Brazil [Grammar of the general language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Pará, page 244; published as Bruna Trindade Gomes Carneiro, editor, Um códice em língua geral [A codex in general language], Feira de Santana: UEFS, 2024, page 517: “Açukerí” Hundertpfundt, Rochus [attributed] (a. 1756), [Prosodia da lingoa] [Prosody of the language] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica); copied as “Açucar”, in anonymous editor, 18th century, folio 4v, column 1: “Açukirí” anonymous author (c. 1757), “Assucar”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 20: “açukirî [asukiri]” anonymous author (1771), “Açucar”, in Diccionario da lingua geral do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Belém, folio 11; published as Cândida Barros, Antônio Luís Lessa, editors, Dicionário da língua geral do Brasil [Dictionary of the general language of Brazil ], Belém: MPEG, 2015, →ISBN, page 86: “Açukyrí”