asukal
Limos Kalinga
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish azúcar (“sugar”), from Old Spanish açúcar, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic السُّكَّر (as-sukkar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā). Compare Bikol Central asukar, Cebuano asukar, Ilocano asukar, Tausug sukal, and Waray-Waray asukar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧su‧kal
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsukal/, [ʔɐˈsu.xɐl]
Derived terms
- asukalan
- asukalin
- mag-aasukal
- mag-asukal
Related terms
- asukarera
- asukarero
Further reading
- “asukal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
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