laka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laka"

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

laka

1. man

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lakā f (possessed form lakar̃)

1. (anatomy) spinal cord

Etymology 2

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/

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• 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

• lakowy

 

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.

Related terms

• laka ur / urlakad
• laka ut / utlakad
• lakvatten
• urlaka

Anagrams

• alka

Tetum

Etymology

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

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