potau-slor-tukh
potau-slor-tukh is a word in Vulcan meaning ‘sucrose’.
Meaning
sucrose
Pronunciation
Sound out potau-slor-tukh letter by letter:
- ppp as in 'spin' (no puff of air)
- ooo as in 'go'
- ttt as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
- auaʊow as in 'how'
- sss as in 'sun'
- lll as in 'love'
- ooo as in 'go'
- rɾlightly tapped r, as in Spanish 'pero'
- ttt as in 'stop' (no puff of air)
- uuoo as in 'food'
- khxharsh h, as in Scottish 'loch' or German 'Bach'
Usage notes
a crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar widely used as a sweetener or preservative