suku

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See also: Suku, sūku, and sùkǔ

Aruop[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. water

References[edit]

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

Ewe[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. school

Fataluku[edit]

Verb[edit]

suku

  1. to sew

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *suku.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Inflection of suku (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)
nominative suku suvut
genitive suvun sukujen
partitive sukua sukuja
illative sukuun sukuihin
singular plural
nominative suku suvut
accusative nom. suku suvut
gen. suvun
genitive suvun sukujen
partitive sukua sukuja
inessive suvussa suvuissa
elative suvusta suvuista
illative sukuun sukuihin
adessive suvulla suvuilla
ablative suvulta suvuilta
allative suvulle suvuille
essive sukuna sukuina
translative suvuksi suvuiksi
abessive suvutta suvuitta
instructive — suvuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of suku (Kotus type 1*M/valo, k-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sukuni sukuni
accusative nom. sukuni sukuni
gen. sukuni
genitive sukuni sukujeni
partitive sukuani sukujani
inessive suvussani suvuissani
elative suvustani suvuistani
illative sukuuni sukuihini
adessive suvullani suvuillani
ablative suvultani suvuiltani
allative suvulleni suvuilleni
essive sukunani sukuinani
translative suvukseni suvuikseni
abessive suvuttani suvuittani
instructive — —
comitative — sukuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sukusi sukusi
accusative nom. sukusi sukusi
gen. sukusi
genitive sukusi sukujesi
partitive sukuasi sukujasi
inessive suvussasi suvuissasi
elative suvustasi suvuistasi
illative sukuusi sukuihisi
adessive suvullasi suvuillasi
ablative suvultasi suvuiltasi
allative suvullesi suvuillesi
essive sukunasi sukuinasi
translative suvuksesi suvuiksesi
abessive suvuttasi suvuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — sukuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sukumme sukumme
accusative nom. sukumme sukumme
gen. sukumme
genitive sukumme sukujemme
partitive sukuamme sukujamme
inessive suvussamme suvuissamme
elative suvustamme suvuistamme
illative sukuumme sukuihimme
adessive suvullamme suvuillamme
ablative suvultamme suvuiltamme
allative suvullemme suvuillemme
essive sukunamme sukuinamme
translative suvuksemme suvuiksemme
abessive suvuttamme suvuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — sukuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sukunne sukunne
accusative nom. sukunne sukunne
gen. sukunne
genitive sukunne sukujenne
partitive sukuanne sukujanne
inessive suvussanne suvuissanne
elative suvustanne suvuistanne
illative sukuunne sukuihinne
adessive suvullanne suvuillanne
ablative suvultanne suvuiltanne
allative suvullenne suvuillenne
essive sukunanne sukuinanne
translative suvuksenne suvuiksenne
abessive suvuttanne suvuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — sukuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sukunsa sukunsa
accusative nom. sukunsa sukunsa
gen. sukunsa
genitive sukunsa sukujensa
partitive sukuaan
sukuansa 		sukujaan
sukujansa
inessive suvussaan
suvussansa 		suvuissaan
suvuissansa
elative suvustaan
suvustansa 		suvuistaan
suvuistansa
illative sukuunsa sukuihinsa
adessive suvullaan
suvullansa 		suvuillaan
suvuillansa
ablative suvultaan
suvultansa 		suvuiltaan
suvuiltansa
allative suvulleen
suvullensa 		suvuilleen
suvuillensa
essive sukunaan
sukunansa 		sukuinaan
sukuinansa
translative suvukseen
suvuksensa 		suvuikseen
suvuiksensa
abessive suvuttaan
suvuttansa 		suvuittaan
suvuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — sukuineen
sukuinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Collocations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay suku, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku (“one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuku]
  • Hyphenation: su‧ku

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robert Blust (2017) “The Challenge of Semantic Reconstruction: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku 'lineage; quarter'?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎[1], volume 56, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 247–256

Further reading[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. family, kin
  2. breed, sort

Declension[edit]

Declension of suku (type 4/koivu, k- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative suku suut
genitive suun sukkuin, sukuloin
partitive sukkua sukuja, sukuloja
illative sukkuu sukkui, sukuloihe
inessive suus suuis, sukulois
elative suust suuist, sukuloist
allative suulle suuille, sukuloille
adessive suul suuil, sukuloil
ablative suult suuilt, sukuloilt
translative suuks suuiks, sukuloiks
essive sukunna, sukkuun sukuinna, sukuloinna, sukkuin, sukuloin
exessive1) sukunt sukuint, sukuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

suku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of すく

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

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

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • “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[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku class 9 (plural suku)

  1. day

Naga Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Assamese চকু (soku).

Noun[edit]

suku (plural sukukhan)

  1. eye

Northeast Maidu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. a dog

Etymology 2[edit]

Unclear. Possibly the same as Etymology 1, above.

Noun[edit]

suku

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese açúcar and Spanish azúcar and Kabuverdianu sukra.

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. sugar

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch zoeken.

Verb[edit]

suku

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

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. search
  2. romantic or erotic proposal

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

suku

  1. Romanization of ᮞᮥᮊᮥ

Ternate[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. a quarter real (the coin)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. thanks, gratitude
Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Tetum[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. tribe

Etymology 2[edit]

A Papuan word, compare Fataluku suku.

Verb[edit]

suku

  1. to sew

Trió[edit]

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. urine

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *suku.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. extended family, kin, lineage

Inflection[edit]

Declension of suku (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative suku sugud
genitive sugu sukujõ, sukui
partitive sukkua sukuitõ, sukui
illative sukkusõ, sukku sukuisõ
inessive suguz sukuiz
elative sugussõ sukuissõ
allative sugulõ sukuilõ
adessive sugullõ sukuillõ
ablative sugultõ sukuiltõ
translative sugussi sukuissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

suku

  1. while sitting, while seated

Noun[edit]

suku

  1. urine

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “suku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[3], 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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