suki
See also: sukí and sukī
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog suki, from Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “guest of honour”).
Noun
suki (plural sukis)
- In some Asian cultures, 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.
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- (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.
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Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ki
- IPA(key): /ˈsukiʔ/
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “important customer”).
Noun
sukì
- a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment
- a favorite seller or vendor
Derived terms
- kasuki
Noun
sukì
- swerve; veer; turn
- Synonyms: siko, kurba, liko
Derived terms
- magsuki
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “important customer”).
Noun
suki
- a favored customer, a regular who receives preferential treatment
- a favorite seller or vendor
Etymology 2
Compare sukol.
Verb
suki
- to go against; to oppose; to resist
- to disobey
Finnish
Verb
suki
- third-person singular past indicative of sukia
Anagrams
- isku, kisu, kusi, uksi
Ido
Noun
suki
- plural of suko
Japanese
Romanization
suki
- Rōmaji transcription of すき
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.ki/
- Rhymes: -uki
- Syllabification: su‧ki
Noun
suki
- inflection of suka:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧ki
- IPA(key): /ˈsukiʔ/, [ˈsu.xɪʔ]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “guest of honour”), as per Chan-Yap (1980).[1] Compare Bikol Central and Cebuano suki.
Noun
sukì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃᜒ)
- (business) regular and long-standing customer or client (who may receive special treatment due to patronage)
- (business, dialectal) regular vendor or dealer (which one buys from)
Alternative forms
- suke
- suque, suqui – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
See also
- parokyano
Noun
sukì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃᜒ)
- (obsolete) cross-like support or prop placed inside houses
- (obsolete) act of propping up or shoring up (something)
Alternative forms
- soqui, suqui – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Derived terms
- isuki
- magsuki
- sukian
See also
- suhay
References
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 145.