chancaca

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl chiyancaca (“sugar”)

Noun

chancaca

1. 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)

1. 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