sukli

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sukˈliʔ/ [sukˈl̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: suk‧li

Noun

suklî (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. (Naga) change; money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item

   Synonym: uli

Derived terms

• magsukli
• suklion

 

See also

• kuwarta
• piso
• sensilyo
• sentabo

 

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: suk‧li
• IPA^(key): /sukˈliʔ/ [s̪ʊkˈl̪iʔ]

Noun

suklî (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. change (balance returned after a purchase)

Verb

suklî (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. to return change

Derived terms

• isukli
• magsukli
• manukli
• mosukli
• suklian

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• socli, sucli — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Chinese according to Panganiban (1973), such as Hokkien per Manuel (1948) & Potet (2016). According to Manuel (1948), perhaps Hokkien 找錢／找钱 (chǎu-chîⁿ, “to give change”). Compare Ibatan sopli, Ilocano supli, Bikol Central sukli, Cebuano sukli, Hiligaynon sukli, and Maranao sokli.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sukˈliʔ/ [sʊkˈliʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: suk‧li

Noun

suklî (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜎᜒ)

1. change (balance of money returned after a purchase)

   Synonyms: kambiyo, panukli

2. giving of change (after a purchase)

   Synonym: pagsusukli

3. change (small denominations given in exchange for a larger denomination)

   Synonym: palit

4. (by extension) anything given in return

Derived terms

• isukli
• magsukli
• mapagsukli
• masuklian
• pagsusukli
• panukli
• panunukli
• suklian
• sumukli

 

See also

• barya
• hubli
• sensilyo

 

References

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 294
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “change (small money)”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 916
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 57

Further reading

• “sukli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 589: “Trueco) Sucli (pc) que da el [a quien] pagan algo”