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See also: sukí and sukī

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog suki, from Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “regular customer or dealer”).

Noun

suki (plural sukis)

  1. (Philippines, business) a favored customer; a regular who receives preferential treatment
    • 1973, William G. Davis, Social Relations in a Philippine Market: Self-interest and Subjectivity, →ISBN, page 230:
      Near the opposite end of the suki continuum, the "subjective" pole, are special suki.
    • 2007, Isabel S. Panopio, Realidad Santico Rolda, Society & Culture, →ISBN, page 216:
      Frequent buyers in a particular store become the suki, so that with this kind of a relationship, the marketgoer gets an extra treat, like obtaining more tomatoes for the price of a kilo.
    • 2011, Robert S. Pomeroy, Neil Andrew, Small-scale Fisheries Management, →ISBN, page 169:
      The suki relationship in the Philippines, a credit/marketing linkage, is often assumed to be exploitative of the fisher.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 隙(すき) (suki).

Noun

suki (plural sukis)

  1. (Japan, martial arts) An opening to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an advantage for one's opponent.
    • 1959, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, page 143:
      This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a suki.
    • 1997, Hiroshi Ozawa, Kendo: The Definitive Guide, →ISBN, page 20:
      When you receive a strike, it is because there is a suki. Your opponent draws your attention to your weak spots, and you endeavor to ensure that you do not receive a strike in the same place again.
    • 2006, Kevin L. Seiler, Donald J. Seller, Karate-do, →ISBN, page 61:
      Often, though, a suki to the chest will cause the sword to become lodged between bone and cartilage making it very difficult to quickly remove.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧ki
  • IPA(key): /ˈsukiʔ/ [ˈsu.kiʔ]

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “regular customer or dealer”).

Noun

sukì

  1. a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment
  2. a favorite seller or vendor
Derived terms
  • kasuki

Etymology 2

Noun

sukì

  1. swerve; veer; turn
    Synonyms: siko, kurba, liko
Derived terms
  • magsuki

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “regular customer or dealer”).

Noun

suki

  1. a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment
  2. a favorite seller or vendor

Etymology 2

Compare sukol.

Verb

suki

  1. to go against; to oppose; to resist
  2. to disobey

Finnish

Verb

suki

  1. third-person singular past indicative of sukia

Anagrams

Ido

Noun

suki

  1. plural of suko

Japanese

Romanization

suki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of すき

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.ki/
  • Rhymes: -uki
  • Syllabification: su‧ki

Noun

suki

  1. inflection of suka:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Tagalog

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