laka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laka"

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

laka

  1. man

Hausa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lá.káː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [lə́.káː]

Noun

lakā f (possessed form lakar̃)

  1. (anatomy) spinal cord

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /láː.káː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [láː.káː]

Noun

lākā f (possessed form lākar̃)

  1. Pond mud or clay (used for building houses)

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ka/, [ˈlɐ.kə]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

laka

  1. (stative) tame, gentle, attracted to, fond of
  2. (transitive) to tame, domesticate, attract

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

laka

  1. lock

Verb

laka

  1. (transitive) to lock

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aːka

Noun

laka

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lak

Latvian

Noun

laka f (4th declension)

  1. lacquer
  2. lacker
  3. varnish

Declension
Declension of laka (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) laka lakas
accusative (akuzatīvs) laku lakas
genitive (ģenitīvs) lakas laku
dative (datīvs) lakai lakām
instrumental (instrumentālis) laku lakām
locative (lokatīvs) lakā lakās
vocative (vokatīvs) laka lakas

Verb

laka

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of lakt

Lingala

Verb

laka

  1. to advise
  2. to promise

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Samoan laʻa, Malay langkah).

Verb

laka

  1. to step
  2. to cross over

Old Norse

Adjective

laka

  1. inflection of lakr:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun

laka

  1. inflection of laki:
    1. indefinite oblique singular
    2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

laka

  1. man

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French laque.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ka/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: la‧ka

Noun

laka f

  1. lacquer
  2. lacquerware

Declension
Declension of laka
singular plural
nominative laka laki
genitive laki lak
dative lace lakom
accusative lakę laki
instrumental laką lakami
locative lace lakach
vocative lako laki

Derived terms
adjective

Further reading
  • laka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • laka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

laka

  1. inflection of lak:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Verb

laka (present lakar, preterite lakade, supine lakat, imperative laka)

  1. to extract a compound from a (solid) material, by washing it with some fluid

Conjugation
Conjugation of laka (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive laka lakas
Supine lakat lakats
Imperative laka —
Imper. plural1 laken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lakar lakade lakas lakades
Ind. plural1 laka lakade lakas lakades
Subjunctive2 lake lakade lakes lakades
Participles
Present participle lakande
Past participle lakad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

Tetum

Etymology

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Noun

laka

  1. ignite

Further reading
  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Samoan laʻa, Malay langkah).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /la.ka/

Verb

laka

  1. to step
  2. to march
  3. to move on or forward
  4. to proceed, progress, develop
  5. to pass
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