sugar sweets, candy 9 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 37958)
type Borrowing
language 1 Cantonese Chinese
language 2 Macanese Patois
lexeme 1 tong4 (糖)
lexeme 2 tôm-tôm
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference <personally collected data>
comment

from reduplication of Cantonese 糖 'sugar; candy', with the reduplication either taking place internally in Macanese or within Cantonese, as part of baby-speak. Influence from French bonbon also possible, but less likely.

https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.ht

ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 27413)
type Polysemy
language Cherokee
lexeme kalisetsi (ᎧᎵᏎᏥ)
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 27412)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme táng (糖)
meaning 1 sugar

hóngtáng  (紅糖/红糖 )


brown sugar

direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy

wútáng bóhétáng (無糖薄荷糖/无糖薄荷糖)


sugar-free peppermint candy

reference BKRS English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 28537)
type Derivation
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme 1 sukar
lexeme 2 sukariya
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 28536)
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme чихэр
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 27430)
type Polysemy
language Nanai
lexeme сиата
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference SSTM: II, 67
comment

Probably from Manchu šatan 'sugar', from Chinese shātáng (沙糖) 'unpurified granulated cane sugar'.

NEW Realization 7 (ID: 37957)
type Polysemy
language Standard Zhuang
lexeme dangz
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference <personally collected data>
comment

From Middle Chinese dang 'sugar'

ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 27429)
type Polysemy
language Udihe
lexeme сата
meaning 1 sugar
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference SSTM: II, 67 Kormušin 1998: 282
comment

Probably from Manchu šatan 'sugar', from Chinese shātáng (沙糖) 'unpurified granulated cane sugar'.

ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 27427)
type Polysemy
language Uzbek
lexeme qand
meaning 1 sugar cube
direction
meaning 2 sweets, candy
reference <personally collected data>
comment