laku

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• IPA^(key): /laku/
• Rhymes: -aku
• Hyphenation: la‧ku

laku inan

1. lake

• aintzira

• “laku”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “laku”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Clipping of lakritsi +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑku/,
• Rhymes: -ɑku
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧ku

laku (colloquial)

1. liquorice, small piece of liquorice
2. (derogatory) black (person)

• (liquorice): lakritsi

• “laku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Luka, alku, kalu

• IPA^(key): /la.ku/

laku

1. saleable

From Malay laku, from Classical Malay لاکو (laku).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaku/
• Hyphenation: la‧ku

laku

1. deed, act, action, behavior

   Synonyms: tingkah, perbuatan, tindakan

laku

1. saleable

   Synonym: laris

2. authentic, authoritative

   Synonym: sah

• “laku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

laku

1. Romanization of ꦭꦏꦸ

laku

1. (intransitive) to walk, to to

   Mbàda laku-na-ka.

   He's already gone.

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37

laku f

1. inflection of laka:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

laku

1. first-person singular past indicative of lakt

laku (Jawi spelling لاکو, plural laku-laku, informal 1st possessive lakuku, 2nd possessive lakumu, 3rd possessive lakunya)

1. deed, act, action

   Synonyms: tingkah, perbuatan

2. conduct, behavior, manner

   Synonyms: perbuatan, tindakan

3. character (of a person)

   Synonym: perwatakan

laku (Jawi spelling لاکو)

1. saleable

   Synonyms: laris, panas

2. valid, authentic, authoritative

   Synonyms: sah, benar

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لاکو lakoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 112-3
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لاکو laku”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 591
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “laku”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 7

• “laku” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

laku

1. a request

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lakaw (“to go, to walk”).

• IPA^(key): /la.ku/
• Rhymes: -ku
• Hyphenation: la‧ku

laku

1. going
2. course
3. gait, walk
4. progress
5. journey
6. conduct, way of acting

laku

1. like, in the manner of

• > Javanese: ꦭꦏꦸ (laku) (inherited)
• >? Malay: laku
  • Ilocano: lako
  • Tagalog: lako
  • > Indonesian: laku (inherited)

• "laku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ku/
• Rhymes: -aku
• Syllabification: la‧ku

laku m inan

1. genitive/locative/vocative singular of lak

• IPA^(key): /la.ˈku/,

laku

1. rice paddy

laku

1. inflection of lak:
   1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
   2. feminine accusative singular

• IPA^(key):

laku

1. too, too much

   totorifu laku ― I'm too full

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh