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śuko

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See also: suko, sūkō, and šuko

Romani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sukkha), from Sanskrit शुष्क॑ (śúṣka), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsúškas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- + *-kos.

    Adjective

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    śuko (feminine śuki, plural śuke)

    1. (International Standard)
      1. dry[1][2]
        Antonym: kingo
      2. thin, slim, lean[1]

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “šuk-ó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 273
    2. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “śuk/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 343b

    Further reading

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    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śúṣka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 727
    • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 41