asukal

Limos Kalinga

Noun

asukál

1. sugar

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asocal, asucal — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish azúcar (“sugar”), from Old Spanish açúcar, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic السُّكَّر (as-sukkar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā). Compare Bikol Central asukar, Cebuano asukar, Ilocano asukar, Tausug sukal, and Waray-Waray asukar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsukal/ [ʔɐˈsu.xɐl]
• Rhymes: -ukal
• Syllabification: a‧su‧kal

Noun

asukal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔)

1. sugar

Derived terms

• asukal-bato
• asukalan
• asukalin
• mag-aasukal
• mag-asukal
• pulang asukal
• puting asukal

 

Related terms

• asukarera
• asukareriya
• asukarero
• asukarilyo

 

See also

• repinado

 

Further reading

• “asukal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 23: “Açucar) Aſocal (pp) dulce y buena”