sosi

Borrowed from Hokkien 鎖匙／锁匙 (só-sî, “key, lock”). Cognate of Tagalog susi (“key”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsosi/ [ˈso.si]
• Rhymes: -osi
• Syllabification: so‧si

sosi (plural sosi-sosi)

1. (dialect) key, device designed to open and close a lock

   Synonyms: anak kunci, kunci

• “sosi” 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.

sosi

1. romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦱꦶ

Borrowed from Greek σώσω (sóso), future of σώνω (sóno). Already attested in the oldest texts.

• IPA^(key): /soˈsi/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: so‧si

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a sosi (third-person singular present sosește, past participle sosit) 4th conjugation

1. (intransitive, relatively literary) to arrive, come

   Synonyms: veni, ajunge

2. (transitive, obsolete) to catch up to

   Synonym: ajunge

3. (intransitive, obsolete) to suffice

   Synonym: ajunge

• “sosi”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Hokkien 鎖匙／锁匙 (só-sî, “key”).

susì

1. key

From Hokkien 鎖匙／锁匙 (só-sî, “key, lock”). Cognate of Tagalog susi (“key”).

• IPA^(key): [sosi]
• Hyphenation: so‧si

sosi (Sundanese script ᮞᮧᮞᮤ)

1. (dialect, Cirebon) key, device designed to open and close a lock.^[1]

   Synonym: konci

Borrowed from English sauce.

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sosi class IX (plural sosi class X)

1. sauce

• sosi ya nyanya (“tomato sauce”)

Clipping of sosyal, according to Zorc (1993), or possibly from English saucy.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsosi/ [ˈsoː.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -osi
• Syllabification: so‧si

sosi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐᜒ)

1. (slang) posh; fancy (associated with the higher classes)

   Synonym: sosyal

   • 2017, Bebang Siy, It's Raining Mens, Anvil Publishing, Incorporated via PublishDrive, →ISBN:

     Suwerte lang niya at masalapi siya. Minsan, nagiging maganda ang isang babae kung maganda ang kutis at ang damit niya. Class. Mukhang sosi, sopistikada. Kaya sabi ng iba, maganda. Maganda raw ang ganoong babae. Sabi mo noong  ...

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   • 2005, Nestor De Guzman, Si Nora Aunor sa mga Noranian: mga pagunita at pagtatapat, →ISBN:

     Iyon nga lang, sosi na talaga — nagpupulong sila sa pamamagitan ng teleeonferenee. ... Pero maraming nagsasabing masaya sila kung saan masaya si Nora; baka mas nais niya ang simpleng buhay pero napapaligiran ng mga tunay na ...

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• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 132

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