noun
suki
SOO-kih
noun
1
A regular customer who gets preferential treatment from a vendor.
"The market seller always saves the best mangoes for her suki."
2
In martial arts, an opening or weak point that an opponent can exploit.
"He dropped his guard for a second, creating a suki his opponent immediately used."
How to Use Suki
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a loyal, favoured customer, or a gap in someone's defence.
Word Forms
sukis plural, sukis plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Tagalog suki, itself from a Hokkien term literally meaning "principal guest," referring to a valued regular customer.