different between shochu vs saki

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (sh?ch? ??????), from Mandarin ?? (compare Mandarin sh?oji? ??, Korean soju ??), from ? ("burn", "flammable") + ? ("alcohol").

Noun

shochu (uncountable)

1. A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.

See also

• sake
• awamori

Anagrams

• choush

Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

shochu m (invariable)

1. shochu

English

Etymology 1

Noun

saki (countable and uncountable, plural sakis)

1. Alternative spelling of sake (rice wine)
   • 2000, Arthur Nersesian, Dogrun

     We went into the Sushi Garage, a former plumbing supply warehouse, and ordered some sushi rolls and saki.

Etymology 2

Compare French saki and Portuguese saki, probably from the native name.

Noun

saki (plural sakis)

1. Any of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. with large ears and a long hairy tail that is not prehensile.

Derived terms

• bearded saki (Chiropotes)

Translations

Anagrams

• AKIs, KIAs, aiks, sika

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?ki

Noun

saki

1. (card games) a three of a kind

Ido

Noun

saki

1. plural of sako

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay saki, from Classical Malay saki.

• From Arabic ??????? (s?q?), ?????? (s?qin, “cupbearer”), from the active participle of ?????? (saq?, “to water”), from the root ? ? ?? (s-q-y).
• From Sanskrit ??? (sakhi, “friend, assistant, brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sák??, from Proto-Indo-European *sok?H- (“friend, companion”), from *sek?- (“follow”). Doublet of saka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?saki]
• Hyphenation: sa?ki

Noun

saki (plural saki-saki, first-person possessive sakiku, second-person possessive sakimu, third-person possessive sakinya)

1. (obsolete) friend

   Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kamerad, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?saki]
• Hyphenation: sa?ki

Noun

saki (plural saki-saki, first-person possessive sakiku, second-person possessive sakimu, third-person possessive sakinya)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of sake.

Further reading

• “saki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

saki

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Verb

saki

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of sac?t
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of sac?t

Okinawan

Romanization

saki

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Yami

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?(??) (sake, “alcoholic beverages”),

Noun

saki

1. alcoholic beverages in general