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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl chiyancaca (“sugar”)
Noun
chancaca
- panela (solid piece of unrefined sugar).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chiyancaca (“sugar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈkaka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: chan‧ca‧ca
Noun
chancaca f (plural chancacas)
- panela (solid piece of unrefined sugar)
- Synonyms: atado dulce, panela, empanizao, papelón, piloncillo, panocha, raspadura, rapadura
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