cukari

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• cukaari

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sukari, from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (škʿ /⁠šakar⁠/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕùkàːɾìꜜ/

This a is pronounced long.

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

cukari class 14

1. sugar

   cukari wa nguru - molasses, treacle

   mũrimũ wa cukari - diabetes

See also

• kĩgwa