suka

suka f

1. inflection of sukë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

suka

1. (anatomy) bone

Borrowed from Russian сука (suka).

suka (definite accusative sukanı, plural sukalar)

1. (vulgar, offensive) bitch (contemptible person, usually but not necessarily female)
2. (prison slang) snitch, inmate who collaborates with prison administration

• “suka” in Obastan.com.

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *suka₂ (“to vomit”). Cognate with Tagalog suka, Cebuano suka, and Tausug suka.

• Hyphenation: su‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuka/

súka

1. vomit; puke

   Synonyms: digwa, sukalkag

Borrowing ultimately from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Compare Ilocano suka, Maranao soka' and Tausug suka'.

• Hyphenation: su‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ˈsukaʔ/

sukà

1. vinegar

From Proto-Philippine *suka.

• Hyphenation: su‧ka
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈsuka/
• Rhymes: -a

suka

1. vomit

suka

1. to vomit; to puke
2. (figuratively) to squeal; to reveal a secret

• dugso

Borrowing ultimately from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”).^[1]First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

• Hyphenation: su‧ka
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈsukaʔ/
• Rhymes: -a

suka

1. vinegar; a sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid

suka

1. genitive singular of sukk

From English sugar.

suka

1. sugar

From Proto-Finnic *suka, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śuka, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit शूक (śūka, “awn (of grain)”)). Alternative theory suggests more recent borrowing from Baltic (compare Latvian suka). Cognate with Kildin Sami чоагкь (čågk’), Erzya сюва (śuva).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsukɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ukɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧ka

suka

1. A brush, especially one used for brushing animals.
2. currycomb

• harja

• “suka”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• -ksua, Saku, saku

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

suka (plural sukaaɓe ɓe)

1. young man, young person

• Used in Pular.

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit चुक्रा (cukrā, “tamarind tree”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Cognate with Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Tagalog suka, Maranao soka', Pangasinan tuka, and Tausug sukaꞌ.

• IPA^(key): /suˈka/
• Hyphenation: su‧ka

suká

1. vinegar

From Malay suka, from Sanskrit सुख (sukha, “joy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuka/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: su‧ka
• Rhymes: -ka, -a

suka

1. pleasure

suka (base-imperative locative suka, active locative menyukai, ordinary passive locative disukai)

1. like

   Dia suka memasak.

   She likes to cook.

2. love

• (like): senang, gemar
• (love): gemar, cinta

• “suka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *suka. Cognates include Finnish suka and Estonian suga.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsukɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsukɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ukɑ
• Hyphenation: su‧ka

suka

1. comb

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 547

suka

1. Rōmaji transcription of すか
2. Rōmaji transcription of スカ

There are competing theories on the origin of this word. The first (and more probable) one assumes that it comes from Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”) > derived form *suk- “pig” (masc., fem.), “coarse hair, bristle” (neut.). Originally suka was the neuter plural form, but it became feminine singular after the general loss of the neuter gender, with semantic change “bristles” > “brush” (compare German Bürste (“brush”), Borste (“bristle”)). Borrowings by Finnic languages from Baltic languages support this evolution (e.g., Finnish suka (“pig bristle (archaic), currycomb”)). The second theory considers suka cognate to Lithuanian šùkos (“brush”), Russian щётка (ščótka, “brush”), Sanskrit शूक (śūka, “needle”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ḱū- (“pointed”). A third theory attributes these words to Proto-Indo-European *kes-, *ks- (“to cut, to carve”).^[1]

suka f (4th declension)

1. brush (instrument made with flexible bristles attached to a handle, used especially for grooming hair)

   drēbju, apavu suka ― clothes, shoe brush

   matu suka ― hairbrush

   zobu suka ― toothbrush

   zirgu suka ― horse brush, currycomb

   saru, tērauda suka ― bristle, steel brush

   tīrīt drēbes ar suku ― to clean (one's) clothes with a brush

• zobu suka

• sukāt

• ķemme
• ota
• slota

From Russian сука (suka).

suka f (4th declension)

1. (vulgar) bitch

From Sanskrit सुख (sukha, “joy”).

• Rhymes: -ka
• Rhymes: -a

suka (Jawi spelling سوک)

1. to like, to love

suka (Jawi spelling سوک, plural suka-suka, informal 1st possessive sukaku, 2nd possessive sukamu, 3rd possessive sukanya)

1. happiness, joy

• Indonesian: suka
• → Hokkien: 舒合 (su-kah)
• → Teochew: 舒合 (su¹ gah⁴)

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 336
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سوک soeka”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 38
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سوک suka”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 421
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “suka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 495
• "suka" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

• “suka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Compare Sanskrit शुक (śuka).

suka m

1. parrot

• suva
• kīra

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “suka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 488.

-suka

1. to go away, to leave

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sùka. Sense 3 from an association with pies (“dog, slang: cop”).

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: su‧ka

suka f (diminutive suczka, related adjective suczy)

1. bitch (female dog)
2. (derogatory, vulgar) bitch
4. (slang) police van
5. (Eastern Kraków) braking wood (piece of wood with a braking groove into which a wheel fits)

• → Vilamovian: su̇ka

• suka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• suka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

suka

1. furrow
2. whistle, whistling noise

Not to be confused with suk'a, sukha.

• sukay

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sùka, further etymology unclear.

• IPA^(key):

suka f (declension pattern of žena)

1. bitch

   Synonyms: fena f, fenka f

• sučí
• sučka f

• “suka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

• Audio (Kenya):

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-suka (infinitive kusuka)

1. to shake
2. to braid, weave

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -sukia
  • Conversive: -sukua (“loosen, untwist”)
  • Passive: -sukwa
  • Reduplicative: -sukasuka (“disturb, worry”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • masuko (“shaking, excitement”)
  • msuka (“braider”)
  • msukosuko (“unrest, turmoil”)
  • msusi (“braider”)

-suka

1. to move away

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• suca — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

From Proto-Philippine *suka (“to vomit”). Compare Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Hiligaynon suka, Kapampangan suka, Tausug suka, and Waray-Waray suka.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsuka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: su‧ka

suka (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ)

1. vomit

   Synonyms: duwal, lungad, (obsolete) alibukay

2. vomiting; emesis

   Synonyms: duwal, (obsolete) alibukay

• lungad

Ultimately from Sanskrit चुक्र (cukra, “tamarind tree; vinegar made by acetous fermentation”), possibly through Malay cuka (“soured wine, vinegar”). Compare Bikol Central suka, Cebuano suka, Ilocano suka, Maranao soka', Pangasinan tuka, and Tausug suka'.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsukaʔ/
• Rhymes: -ukaʔ
• Syllabification: su‧ka

sukà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ)

1. vinegar
2. (by extension) sour fruit used for seasoning food (such as tamarind, tomatoes, green mangoes, etc.)

• sinigang

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 156
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎ (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 52
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

• “suka”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “suka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• kusa

• IPA^(key):

suka

1. (transitive) to split
2. (transitive) to crack
3. (transitive) to break

From Malay suka, from Sanskrit सुख (sukha). The noun may derive from N- (“nominalizer”) +‎ suka, which produces no change on the initial consonant s.

• IPA^(key):

suka

1. (transitive) to like

suka

1. a like, something that is liked

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

suka

1. to leave

From Proto-Finnic *suka.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsukɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ukɑ
• Hyphenation: su‧ka

suka

1. comb
2. crest (of a horse)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “suka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Borrowed from English sugar.

• IPA^(key): /su.ka/
• Hyphenation: su‧ka

suka

1. sugar

sukà

1. vinegar

From Malay suka, possibly through Ternate, from Sanskrit सुख (sukha).

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪u.ka/

suka

1. (transitive) to like
2. (modal, auxiliary) to very much want to (do something)
3. (modal, auxiliary) to like to (do something)

   coba ni suka nidadi puni ― if you would like to become a spirit

As a modal verb, it does not appear to be conjugated.

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

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-súka

1. (intransitive) to be lost

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Possibly from Proto-Bantu *-tíga (“to leave behind”) with the separative suffix *-ʊka, however the tonal change is unexplained. (Note that although this verb is a low toned verb, it is sometimes treated as high toned in the imperative form.) This would make the term related to -sala and -shiya.

-suka

1. (intransitive) to go away, to remove oneself
2. (intransitive) to leave, to depart, to set off
3. (intransitive) to originate