suku

Aruop

Noun

suku

1. water

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Ewe

Noun

suku

1. school

Fataluku

Verb

suku

1. to sew

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuku/,
• Rhymes: -uku
• Syllabification^(key): su‧ku

Noun

suku

1. extended family, kin (in addition to parents and children, includes cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents and farther relatives)

   Coordinate term: perhe

2. (taxonomy) genus
3. (linguistics) gender
4. (topology) Synonym of genus

Declension

Derived terms

Collocations

• olla sukua ― to be related/kin to; (linguistics) to be cognate with (+ allative)
• olla omaa sukua ― to have a maiden name (of) (+ possessive suffix)

  Maija Meikäläinen on omaa sukuaan Mäkelä.

  Maija Meikäläinen has the maiden name Mäkelä.

• olla suvussa ― to run in the family
• kulkea suvussa ― to run in the family

Further reading

• “suku”, 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

Anagrams

• kusu, kuus

Indonesian

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Alternative forms

• soekoe (pre-1947)

Etymology

From Malay suku, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku (“one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage”).

• The sense “clan” is a semantic loan from Minangkabau suku.
• The sense “footer” is a semantic loan from English footer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: su‧ku

Noun

suku (plural suku-suku, first-person possessive sukuku, second-person possessive sukumu, third-person possessive sukunya)

1. (obsolete) leg, foot

   Synonym: kaki

2. footer: a line of information printed at the bottom of a page as identification of the document.

   Synonyms: sukuan, catatan kaki

3. part

   Synonym: bagian

   1. quarter: a fourth part of something.

      Synonym: seperempat

   2. half rupiah
4. (arithmetic) numerator and denominator.

   Hyponyms: pembilang, penyebut

5. clan: a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

   Synonyms: suku sakat, klan

6. ethnicity, ethnic group: a group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of ancestral, national, cultural, historical or religious grounds.

   Synonyms: etnis, suku bangsa

7. (biology, taxonomy) family: a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.

   Synonym: famili

8. (mathematics) term: any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
9. (Jambi, Palembang) A traditional unit of gold weight, equal six point seven grams.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

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

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suku. Cognates include Finnish suku and Estonian sugu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsuku/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsuku/,
• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: su‧ku

Noun

suku

1. family, kin
2. breed, sort

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

suku

1. Rōmaji transcription of すく

Latvian

Noun

suku

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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku (“one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ku/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

suku (Jawi spelling سوکو, plural suku-suku, informal 1st possessive sukuku, 2nd possessive sukumu, 3rd possessive sukunya)

1. quarter, fourth, ¹⁄₄ (mathematics)

   Sekarang satu suku. ― It's a quarter past one now.

   1. (finance) a fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.

      Synonyms: kuartal, trimester (Indonesian)

2. race; ethnicity

   Suku Jawa ― Javanese race

3. (Negeri Sembilan) A traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih.

References

• “suku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*suku”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Mwani

Noun

suku class 9 (plural suku)

1. day

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Assamese চকু (soku).

Noun

suku (plural sukukhan)

1. eye

Northeast Maidu

Etymology 1

Probably cognate to Wintu suku (“dog, horse”).

Noun

suku

1. a dog

Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly the same as Etymology 1, above.

Noun

suku

1. a transgender person; a female-bodied person who lives as a man, or vice versa

See also

• two-spirit

References

• Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men →ISBN, 2010): The data available for Maidu suku suggest that "suku" was a complex term that was used to refer to both male and female "berdaches"; female-bodied suku were treated as men and initiated as such into the men's secret society, but also were subjected to gang rape (or voluntary intercourse) in the dance house by all of the men present and were regarded as "prostitutes."
• Serena Nanda, Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations (1999, →ISBN, page 24: In addition to occupation, female gender variants might assume other characteristics of men. Cocopa warrhameh wore a masculine hairstyle and had their noses pierced, like boys (Lang 1998:283). Among the Maidu, the female suku also had her nose pierced on the occasion of her initiation into the men's secret society. Mohave hwame were tattooed like men instead of women.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese açúcar and Spanish azúcar and Kabuverdianu sukra.

Noun

suku

1. sugar

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zoeken.

Verb

suku

1. to search, to try to find, to look (for)

Noun

suku

1. search
2. romantic or erotic proposal

Sundanese

Romanization

suku

1. Romanization of ᮞᮥᮊᮥ

Ternate

Etymology 1

From Malay suku (“a quarter, fourth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

suku

1. a quarter real (the coin)

Etymology 2

From Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

suku

1. thanks, gratitude

Alternative forms

• sukur

References

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

Tetum

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

suku

1. tribe

Etymology 2

A Papuan word, compare Fataluku suku.

Verb

suku

1. to sew

Trió

Noun

suku

1. urine

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suku.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsuku/,
• Rhymes: -uku
• Hyphenation: su‧ku

Noun

suku

1. extended family, kin, lineage

Inflection

References

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

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adverb

suku

1. while sitting, while seated

Noun

suku

1. urine

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “suku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 264–265
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “suku”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
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