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suka-suka

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Singapore/ˈsuka ˌsuka/

suka-suka adverb: as one pleases, whenever, on a whim; freely and without regard for future consequences.

Adverb

suka-suka (not comparable)

  1. (Singlish) As one pleases, whenever, on a whim; freely and without regard for future consequences.
    • Once you stand for elections, you must then be ready to serve if you are called upon as an NCMP. You cannot just have a myopic view of being "a duckweed in a pond that cannot sink roots" and not give the NCMP position any dignity and "suka-suka" swap candidates.2016 January 29, Zaqy Mohamad, “Debate on President's Address”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of Singapore), volume 94
    • “It’s government-owned land, you know. […] If everyone is like him, suka suka go and claim land for themselves, can you imagine what will happen?”2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of suka-suka

alternative formsuka suka

Origin of suka-suka

PIE root *h₁es- Reduplication of Malay suka (“to like”), or directly from Malay sesuka-suka (“at one's leisure”).

Questions about suka-suka

What does suka-suka mean?
Suka-suka means as one pleases, whenever, on a whim; freely and without regard for future consequences.
What part of speech is suka-suka?
Suka-suka is an adverb.
How do you pronounce suka-suka?
Suka-suka is pronounced /ˈsuka ˌsuka/ (Singapore).

Words near suka-suka in the dictionary

  1. suk
  2. suka
  3. suka blyad
  4. suka blyat
  5. suka suka
  6. suka-suka
  7. Sukabumi
  8. Sukachi
  9. Sukailang
  10. Sukarnoism
  11. sukas

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