asukal
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
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”).
Noun
asukál
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- asocal, asucal — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
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
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈsukal/ [ʔɐˈsuː.xɐl]
- Rhymes: -ukal
- Syllabification: a‧su‧kal
Noun
asukal (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜃᜎ᜔)
Derived terms
- asukal de mama
- asukal de papa
- asukal-bato
- asukalan
- asukalin
- mag-aasukal
- mag-asukal
- pulang asukal
- puting asukal
Related terms
- asukal de-piyedra
- asukarera
- asukareriya
- asukarero
- asukarilyo
See also
Further reading
- “asukal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 23: “Açucar) Aſocal (pp) dulce y buena”