ushukela

Zulu

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH
    Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH
    Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā)
    Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.
    Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.
    Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.
    Old Italian zuccherobor.
    Old French çucrebor.
    Middle French sucrebor.
    Middle English sugre
    English sugarbor.
    Zulu ushukela

    Borrowed from English sugar, from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Middle French sucre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

    Pronunciation

    IPA(key): /uʃúɠeːla/

    Noun

    ushúkela class 1a (plural oshukela class 2a)

    1. sugar

    Inflection

    Class 1a/2a (locative kushukela)
    singular plural
    full form ushukela oshukela
    simple form shukela boshukela
    locative kushukela koshukela
    copulative ngushukela ngoshukela
    Possessive forms
    singular plural
    modifier substantive modifier substantive
    class 1 kashukela okashukela woshukela owoshukela
    class 2 bakashukela abakashukela boshukela aboshukela
    class 3 kashukela okashukela woshukela owoshukela
    class 4 kashukela ekashukela yoshukela eyoshukela
    class 5 likashukela elikashukela loshukela eloshukela
    class 6 kashukela akashukela oshukela awoshukela
    class 7 sikashukela esikashukela soshukela esoshukela
    class 8 zikashukela ezikashukela zoshukela ezoshukela
    class 9 kashukela ekashukela yoshukela eyoshukela
    class 10 zikashukela ezikashukela zoshukela ezoshukela
    class 11 lukashukela olukashukela loshukela oloshukela
    class 14 bukashukela obukashukela boshukela oboshukela
    class 15 kukashukela okukashukela koshukela okoshukela
    class 17 kukashukela okukashukela koshukela okoshukela

    References

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