laka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laka"

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Adjective

laka

1. alike
2. similar

Bangi

Verb

laka

1. to counsel

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

From Proto-Polynesian *lata (“tame”), from Proto-Oceanic *laca(m) (“tame, docile”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajam/*najam (“familiar with, accustomed to”). Cognate with Samoan lata (“tame”).

Verb

laka

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

Derived terms

• hoʻolaka (causative)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English lock.

Noun

laka

1. lock

Verb

laka

1. (transitive) to lock

Further reading

• laka in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

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)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	laka	lakas
genitive	lakas	laku
dative	lakai	lakām
accusative	laku	lakas
instrumental	laku	lakām
locative	lakā	lakās
vocative	laka	lakas

Verb

laka

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

Lingala

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bangi laka.

Verb

-laka (infinitive kolaka)

1. to counsel
2. to advise

Etymology 2

See Lingala elaka.

Verb

-laka (infinitive kolaka)

1. to promise

Mongo

Verb

laka

1. to teach

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:

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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 (Cyrillic spelling лака)

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
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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish laca, from Arabic لَكّ (lakk) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of laker and lakha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaka/ [ˈlaː.xɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: la‧ka

Noun

laka (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃ)

1. lac; lacquer; varnish

   Synonyms: barnis, laker, alyamas, dalanang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈkaʔ/ [lɐˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ka

Noun

lakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃ)

1. housing compound or barracks for soldiers and their families

Derived terms

• kalaka
• magkakalaka

Related terms

• Calaca

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈkaʔ/ [lɐˈxaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ka

Noun

lakâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃ)

1. covering of bamboo shoot

Further reading

• “laka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 357

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