suiker

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

suiker

Etymology

From Dutch suiker, from Middle Dutch suicker, suker, a borrowing from Old French çucre (circa 13th cent), from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsœi̯.kər/
Audio: (file)

Noun

suiker (plural suikers)

sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Sotho: tswekere
→ Xhosa: iswekile

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Tafelsuiker

Etymology

From Middle Dutch suicker, suker, a borrowing from Old French çucre (circa 13th cent), from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”). Cognates include Czech cukr and German Zucker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsœy̯.kər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: sui‧ker
Rhymes: -œy̯kər

Noun

suiker m (plural suikers, diminutive suikertje n)

sugar

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: suiker
- → Sotho: tswekere
- → Xhosa: iswekile
Berbice Creole Dutch: sikri
Negerhollands: sukker, schukker, suku
- → Virgin Islands Creole: suku, sukut (dated)
Skepi Creole Dutch: sukuru
→ Aukan: soekoeoe
→ Munsee: shóokal
→ Papiamentu: panseiku
→ Saramaccan: súki
→ Sranan Tongo: sukru, suiker
- → Lokono: shikarho
- → Caribbean Hindustani: sukru
- → Kari'na: sukuru, sukulu
→ Unami: shukël (or from English)

Anagrams

kruise

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