See also: laça, Láca, and lāča

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Derived from French las, from Latin lassus (exhausted, tired, weary). Compare Italian lasso.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlat͡sa]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Hyphenation: la‧ca

AdjectiveEdit

laca (accusative singular lacan, plural lacaj, accusative plural lacajn)

  1. tired, weary

Derived termsEdit

FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ (cognate to Malay layar), from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Doublet of laya.

NounEdit

laca

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Gatty, Ronald (2009), “laca”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 131

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian; see lac.[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ca

NounEdit

laca f (plural lacas)

  1. lake (red colouring agent)
  2. lac (resinous substance produced by insects)
  3. (Portugal) hair spray
    Synonym: (Brazil) laquê

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ laca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. ^ laca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaka/ [ˈla.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: la‧ca

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin lacca, from Persian لاک(lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Compare English lacquer.

NounEdit

laca f (plural lacas)

  1. lacquer
  2. hair spray
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

laca

  1. inflection of lacar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit