asuka

See also: Asuka and asu'ka

Kaingang

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)

Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar

Portuguese açúcarbor.

Kaingang asuka

Borrowed from Portuguese açúcar, 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): /açuka/, /aʃuka/

Noun

asuka

1. sugar

References

• Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011), “asuka”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 13

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic السُّكَّر (as-sukkar)

Andalusian Arabic السكر (as-sukkar)bor.

Old Spanish açúcar

Spanish azúcarbor.

Paraguayan Guarani asuka

Borrowed from Spanish azúcar, from Old Spanish açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السكر (as-sukkar), from Arabic السُّكَّر (as-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): /asuka/, [asuˈka]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

asuka

1. (Jopara) sugar

   Synonym: (Closed Guarani) eiratã

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “asuka”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 18, column 1