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suksok

Pronunciation: /sukˈsok/

“suksok” is a Tagalog word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. insertion of something into a tight spot (such as a slit, small hole or opening, etc.)
  2. act of tucking (as of shirts into one's pants)
  3. turn of a player to shuffle the cards
  4. manner of shuffling the cards
  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. something saved for the future; savings
  8. act of saving for the future

adjective

  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)

Etymology

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

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