chancaca

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/ [t͡ʃãŋˈka.ka]
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

Derived terms

chancaca de Paita

Further reading

“chancaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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