sucu

From Proto-Oceanic *susu (compare with Samoan susu, Tongan huhu) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu (compare with Malay susu) from Proto-Austronesian *susu (compare with Tagalog suso).

sucu

1. milk
2. breasts

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “huhu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “sucu”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 239

sucu

1. dative/locative singular of sudac

From Latin sūcus (“juice”). Cognate with Italian succo~sugo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.kʊ/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: sù‧cu

sucu m

1. juice
2. sap
3. moisture
4. (figuratively) strength, vitality, rigor, energy, life
5. (countable, uncountable) A thick sauce made from the fat (usually pork) or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

   Synonyms: ragù, sarsa

   1. (uncountable, by extension, chiefly Italian-American) Sauce used for pasta.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوجی (sucu). By surface analysis, su +‎ -ci.

• IPA^(key): /su.ˈd͡ʒu/
• Hyphenation: su‧cu

sucu (definite accusative sucuyu, plural sucular)

1. waterman, water carrier