לוּקוֹ

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Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Italic *stlokos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to put, to place; to be stiff, firm). For the irregular plural, compare Old Italian locora, obsolete plural of loco.

Noun

לוּקוֹ (luqo /luco/) m (plural לוֹקֵירִי (luqeri /⁠lucheri⁠/))

  1. place
    • 16th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎ (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 6, leaf 1, lines 14–16:
      פֵילֵיגְרִינוֹ אֵי אוֹרְפֵֿינוֹ אֵי וֵידוּוַה נוּן פְֿרוּדִיטִי אֵי סַאנְגוּוַה מוּנַה נוּן רֵיוֵירְצִיטִי אִין לוּקוֹ קוּוֵיסְטוֹ אֵי דֵירִיטוֹ דֵיאִי אַלְטֵירִי נוּן יִיטִי פֵיר מַאלִי פֵיר ווּאִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)
      pelegərino ʔe ʔorəp̄eno ʔe weduwah nun p̄ərudiṭi ʔe saʔnəguwah muna nun rewerəṣiṭi ʔin luqo quwesəṭo ʔe deriṭo deʔi ʔaləṭeri nun yiṭi per maʔli per wuʔi.
      /Pellegrino e orfeno e veduva nun fruditi, e sangua munna nun reverziti in luco questo, e derito dei alteri nun jiti per mali per vui./
      Do not deceive the traveler, the orphan, and the widow, and do not spill pure blood in this place, and do not go after other gods to your harm.