suksok

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: suk‧sok

Verb

suksok

1. to insert

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *suksuk (“pierce, penetrate; insert”). Compare Cebuano suksok and Malay susok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sukˈsok/ [sʊkˈsok]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: suk‧sok

Noun

suksók (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ᜔)

1. insertion of something into a tight spot (such as a slit, small hole or opening, etc.)

   Synonyms: singit, pagsisingit

2. act of tucking (as of shirts into one's pants)
3. (card games) turn of a player to shuffle the cards

   Synonym: pagbalasa

4. (card games) manner of shuffling the cards

   Synonyms: pagkabalasa, pagkakabalasa

5. new strips of buri leaves woven in place of the broken ones
6. act of repairing mats by replacing broken strips with new ones
7. (figurative) something saved for the future; savings

   Synonyms: sinuksok, ipon

8. (figurative) act of saving for the future

   Synonyms: ipon, pag-iipon

Derived terms

• magsuksok
• nakasuksok
• pagsusuksok
• panuksok
• sinuksok
• suksukan
• suksukin

 

Related terms

• pasok
• saluksok
• tusok

 

See also

• hayuma
• sukbit

 

Adjective

suksók (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃ᜔ᜐᜓᜃ᜔)

1. inserted into a tight spot (such as a slit, small hole or opening, etc.)
2. woven in place of broken strips (in repairing a mat)

Further reading

• “suksok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• kuskos