Sooke

Derived from the Klallam name súʔukʷ for the area around Sooke Harbor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːk/

Sooke sg or pl

1. Coast Salish people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

   Synonym: T'Sou-ke

Sooke

1. A district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada.
   • 2023 May 31, Simon Little, “Woman arrested for ‘intentionally’ setting fires in woods near Sooke, B.C.: police”, in Global News‎^[1]:

     A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly setting two fires in the woods near Sooke, B.C.

2. A river in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
3. Dialect of the North Straits Salish language spoken by the T'Sou-ke people.

   Synonym: T'Sou-ke

   • 2008, Cecilia Joe, Barbara S. Efrat, “The Transformer and the Blind Old Man”, in M. Terry Thompson, Steven M. Egesdal, editor, Salish Myths and Legends: One People's Stories, University of Nebraska, page 119:

     The story was told by the late Cecilia Joe, on the Esquimault Reserve, Victoria, British Columbia. [...] Her retention of the Sooke language was excellent, and her skill was acknowledged by others on the Sooke Reserve.

From Old Frisian tziāke, kēke, from Proto-Germanic *kekǭ, *kēkǭ, *kakǭ, *keukǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). More at cheek.

• IPA^(key): /soːkə/

Sooke f

1. (anatomy) cheek