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, ultimately probably from a Tupian name sagui, compare sagoin.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæki/, /ˈsɑki/

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
• Hyphenation^(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

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ki]

saki

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

Conjugation of saki
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosaki	fosaki	misaki
2nd	nosaki	nisaki
3rd	Masculine	osaki	isaki, yosaki†
Feminine	mosaki
Neuter	isaki
† - archaic

• 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