suku

See also: Suku, sūku, and sùkǔ

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/, [ˈs̠uku]
  • 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; compare perhe)
  2. (taxonomy) genus
  3. (linguistics) gender
  4. (topology) Synonym of genus

Declension

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
instructive suvuin
abessive suvutta suvuitta
comitative sukuineen
Possessive forms of suku (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person sukuni sukumme
2nd person sukusi sukunne
3rd person sukunsa

Derived terms

Maija Meikäläinen on omaa sukuaan Mäkelä.
Maija Meikäläinen has the maiden name Mäkelä.

Compounds

Anagrams


Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsuku]
  • 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.
    Synonym: 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: klan, suku sakat
  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.
    Synonym: etnis
  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

  • bersuku
  • bersuku-suku
  • kesukuan
  • persukuan
  • sepersukuan
  • sesuku

References

  1. Robert Blust (2017), “The Challenge of Semantic Reconstruction: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suku 'lineage; quarter'?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 56, issue 1, DOI:10.1353/ol.2017.0010, ISSN 1527-9421, page 247–256

Further reading


Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsuku/, [ˈs̠uku]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsuku/, [ˈʃuɡ̊u]
  • Rhymes: -uku
  • Hyphenation: su‧ku

Noun

suku

  1. family, kin
  2. breed, sort

Declension

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 sukuis, sukulois
elative suust sukuist, sukuloist
allative suulle sukuille, sukuloille
adessive suul sukuil, sukuloil
ablative suult sukuilt, sukuloilt
translative suuks sukuiks, 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.

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. accusative singular form of suka
  2. instrumental singular form of suka
  3. genitive plural form of suka

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ku/

Noun

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

  1. quarter; a fourth (mathematics)
    Sekarang satu suku.
    It's a quarter past one now.
  2. race; ethnicity
    Suku Jawa
    Javanese race
  3. (Negeri Sembilan) a traditional matrilineal clan under Adat Perpatih.

References


Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [suku]

Adverb

suku

  1. while sitting, while seated

Noun

suku

  1. urine

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), suku”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, page 264–265
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “suku”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 217

Mwani

Noun

suku class 9 (plural suku)

  1. day

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Assamese চকু (soku).

Noun

suku (plural sukubilak)

  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

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): [ˈsu.ku]

Noun

suku

  1. a quarter real (the coin)

Etymology 2

From Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsu.ku]

Noun

suku

  1. thanks, gratitude
Alternative forms

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

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *suku.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

suku

  1. extended family, kin, lineage

Inflection

Declension of suku (type II/võrkko, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative suku sugud
genitive sugu sukuje, sukujõ, sukui
partitive sukkua sukuitõ, sukui
illative sukku, sukkusõ sukuje, sukujõ, 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 or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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