laka
See also: Laka, läka, láká, laką, łąka, and łąką
Coatepec Nahuatl
Noun
laka
- man
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lá.káː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [lə́.káː]
Noun
lakā f (possessed form lakar̃)
- (anatomy) spinal cord
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /láː.káː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [láː.káː]
Noun
lākā f (possessed form lākar̃)
- Pond mud or clay (used for building houses)
Hawaiian
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
laka
- (stative) tame, gentle, attracted to, fond of
- (transitive) to tame, domesticate, attract
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English lock.
Noun
laka
- lock
Verb
laka
- (transitive) to lock
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːka
Noun
laka
- indefinite genitive plural of lak
Latvian
Noun
laka f (4th declension)
- lacquer
- lacker
- 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
- 3rd person singular past indicative form of lakt
- 3rd person plural past indicative form of lakt
Niuean
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Samoan laʻa, Malay langkah).
Verb
laka
- to step
- to cross over
Old Norse
Adjective
laka
- inflection of lakr:
- positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
- positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
- positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
- positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
- positive degree weak neuter singular
Noun
laka
- inflection of laki:
- indefinite oblique singular
- indefinite accusative/genitive plural
Ometepec Nahuatl
Noun
laka
- man
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French laque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.ka/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: la‧ka
Noun
laka f
- lacquer
- 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
- inflection of lak:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Swedish
Verb
laka (present lakar, preterite lakade, supine lakat, imperative laka)
- 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
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋkaq (compare Samoan laʻa, Malay langkah).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ka/
Verb
laka
- to step
- to march
- to move on or forward
- to proceed, progress, develop
- to pass