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{{also|sukí|sukī}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsu.kɪʔ/|a=Philippines}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|en|tl|suki}}, from {{der|en|nan-hbl|主客||regular customer or dealer|tr=chú-kheh}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Philippines|business}} a [[favored]] [[customer]]; a [[regular]] who receives [[preferential]] [[treatment]]
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Social Relations in a Philippine Market: Self-interest and Subjectivity|author=William G. Davis|year=1973|page=230|ISBN=0520019040|passage=Near the opposite end of the '''suki''' continuum, the "subjective" pole, are special '''suki'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Society & Culture|author=Isabel S. Panopio; Realidad Santico Rolda|year=2007|page=216|ISBN=9715741010|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Small-scale Fisheries Management|author=Robert S. Pomeroy; Neil Andrew|year=2011|page=169|ISBN=1845936086|passage=The '''suki''' relationship in the Philippines, a credit/marketing linkage, is often assumed to be exploitative of the fisher.}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|en|ja|-}} {{ja-r|隙|すき}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Japan|martial arts}} An [[opening]] to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an [[advantage]] for one's [[opponent]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Zen and Japanese culture|author=Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki|year=1959|page=143|passage=This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a '''suki'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Kendo: The Definitive Guide|author=Hiroshi Ozawa|year=1997|page=20|ISBN=4770021194|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Karate-do|author=Kevin L. Seiler; Donald J. Seller|year=2006|page=61|isbn=0979010802|passage=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.}}

==Bikol Central==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hyph|bcl|su|ki}}
* {{bcl-IPA|sukì}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|bcl|nan-hbl|主客|tr=chú-kheh|t=regular customer or dealer}}.

====Noun====
{{head|bcl|noun|head=sukì}}

# a [[favored]] [[customer]], a [[regular]] who receives [[preferential]] [[treatment]]
# a [[favorite]] [[seller]] or [[vendor]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|bcl|kasuki}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|bcl|noun|head=sukì}}

# [[swerve]]; [[veer]]; [[turn]]
#: {{syn|bcl|siko|kurba|liko}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|bcl|magsuki}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|ceb|nan-hbl|主客|tr=chú-kheh|t=regular customer or dealer}}.

====Noun====
{{head|ceb|noun}}

# a [[favored]] [[customer]], a [[regular]] who receives [[preferential]] [[treatment]]
# a [[favorite]] [[seller]] or [[vendor]]

===Etymology 2===
Compare {{m|ceb|sukol}}.

====Verb====
{{head|ceb|verb}}

# to [[go against]]; to [[oppose]]; to [[resist]]
# to [[disobey]]

==Finnish==

===Verb===
{{head|fi|verb form}}

# {{infl of|fi|sukia||3|s|past|ind}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=iksu|isku|kisu|kusi|uksi}}

==Ido==

===Noun===
{{head|io|noun form}}

# {{plural of|io|suko}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|すき}}

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{head|pl|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|pl|suka||gen|s|;|nom//acc//voc|p}}

==Tagalog==

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|sukì}}

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|tl|nan-hbl|主客||tr=chú-kheh|t=regular customer or dealer}}, as per Chan-Yap (1980).<ref>{{R:tl:Chan-Yap 1980|page=145}}</ref> Cognates to {{cog|ilo|suki}}, {{cog|pag|suki}}, {{cog|bcl|suki}}, {{cog|ceb|suki}}, and {{cog|tsg|sukiꞌ}}. Compare {{ncog|tl|singki}}~{{ncog|nan-hbl|新客|tr=sin-kheh}}, {{ncog|tl|Singson}}~{{ncog|nan-hbl|曾孫|tr=cheng-sun/tsing-sun}}, {{ncog|tl|sili}}~{{ncog|es|chili}}, {{ncog|tl|sitsirya}}~{{m|tl|tsitsirya}}, {{ncog|tl|sinelas}}~{{m|tl|tsinelas}}.

====Noun====
{{tl-noun|sukì|b=+}} {{tlb|tl|business}}

# [[regular]] and [[long-standing]] [[customer]] or [[client]] {{gl|who may receive special treatment due to patronage}}
# {{lb|tl|dialectal}} [[regular]] [[vendor]] or [[dealer]] {{gl|which one buys from}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|tl|suke}}
* {{alt|tl|suque|suqui||obsolete|Abecedario orthography}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|tl|parokyano}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{tl-noun|sukì|b=+}} {{tlb|tl|obsolete}}

# [[cross]]-[[like]] [[support]] or [[prop]] placed inside [[house]]s
# [[act]] of [[prop up|propping up]] or [[shore up|shoring up]] (something)

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|tl|soqui|suqui||obsolete|Abecedario orthography}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|tl|magsuki|isuki|sukian}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|tl|suhay}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=iksu|kusi}}