# sosi
## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

sosi (first-person possessive sosiku, second-person possessive sosimu, third-person possessive sosinya)
* (dialect) key, device designed to open and close a lock.
    Synonyms: anak kunci, kunci

### Further reading

* “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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

sosi
* Romanization of ꦱꦺꦴꦱꦶ

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈsi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: so‧si
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a sosi (third-person singular present sosește, past participle sosit) 4th conj.
* (intransitive, relatively literary) to arrive, come
    Synonyms: veni, ajunge
* (transitive, obsolete) to catch up to
    Synonym: ajunge
* (intransitive, obsolete) to suffice
    Synonym: ajunge

#### Conjugation
### References

* sosi in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Sambali
### Etymology

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

### Noun

susì
* key

## Sundanese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sosi]
* Hyphenation: so‧si

### Noun

sosi or ᮞᮧᮞᮤ • (sosi)
* (dialect, Cirebon) key, device designed to open and close a lock.
    Synonym: konci

### References

* ↑ Afi Fadillah (2016) “Bahasa Sunda dan Penggunaannya dalam Interaksi Jual Beli di Pasar Sindang Kabupaten Cirebon”, in SASDAYA (in Indonesian), volume 1, number 1

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English sauce.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

sosi (n class, plural sosi)
* sauce

#### Derived terms

* sosi ya nyanya (“tomato sauce”)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

sosi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜐᜒ)
* (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 ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 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 ...(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* siso