saki

saki (countable and uncountable, plural sakis)

1. Alternative spelling of sake (“rice wine”)
   • 2000, Arthur Nersesian, Dogrun:

     We went into the Sushi Garage, a former plumbing supply warehouse, and ordered some sushi rolls and saki.

Compare French saki and Portuguese saki, probably from the native name.

saki (plural sakis)

1. Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.

• bearded saki
  • black bearded saki
  • Uta Hick's bearded saki
• burnished saki
• Geoffroy's monk saki
• hairy saki
• Miller's saki
• monk saki
• Napo saki

• AKIs, KIAS, KIAs, aiks, sika

• Hyphenation: sa‧ki

saki

1. (card games) a three of a kind

From French saki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑki/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝k̟i]
• Rhymes: -ɑki
• Syllabification^(key): sa‧ki

saki

1. saki (monkey)

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saki m (plural sakis)

1. saki (monkey)

• “saki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

saki

1. plural of sako

From Malay saki, from Classical Malay saki.

• From Arabic سَاقِي (sāqī, “cupbearer”).
• From Sanskrit सखि (sakhi, “friend, assistant, brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷH- (“friend, companion”), from *sekʷ- (“follow”). Doublet of saka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaki]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ki

saki (plural saki-saki, first-person possessive sakiku, second-person possessive sakimu, third-person possessive sakinya)

1. (obsolete) friend

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaki]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ki

saki (plural saki-saki, first-person possessive sakiku, second-person possessive sakimu, third-person possessive sakinya)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of sake.

• “saki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

saki

1. Rōmaji transcription of さき

saki

1. inflection of sacīt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

saki

1. Rōmaji transcription of さき

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ki]

saki

1. (stative) to be good-tasting, tasty, delicious
2. (stative) to be fragrant

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Borrowed from Japanese 酒(さけ) (sake, “alcoholic beverages”).

saki

1. alcoholic beverages in general