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Old Tupi
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese açucre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: a‧su‧ki‧ri
Noun
asukiri (?)
- (Língua Geral Amazônica) sugar
- Synonyms: takûare'ẽypy'oka, u'ubae'ẽypy'oka
Descendants
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 ”
- annonymous (c. 1757) “Assucar”, in (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 20: “açukirî ”