léku

See also: leku, leků, léků, lęku, and łęku

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːku]

Noun

léku m inan

1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of lék

Old Norse

Verb

léku

1. third-person plural past active indicative of leika

Phalura

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Shina [script needed] (lekū, “small”), Chilisso [script needed] (leko, “small”).

Perhaps inherited from Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “light”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), which would make it a doublet of lhoóku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léko/

Adjective

léku (feminine léki, Perso-Arabic spelling لیۡکوۡ)

1. small

   Synonym: lhoóku

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “léku”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*likka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press