asukiri

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Portuguese açucre.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    asukiri (?) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

    1. 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, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 116: “açukiri [asukiri]”
    • anonymous author (c. 1757) “Assucar”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 20: “açukirî [asukiri]”
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