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Esperanto
Etymology
lukso + -a
Pronunciation
Adjective
luksa (accusative singular luksan, plural luksaj, accusative plural luksajn)
- luxurious, opulent
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit रूक्ष (rūkṣa, “dry; emaciated”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
luksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)
- in mourning clothes (usually black)
- Synonyms: nakaluksa, nakaluto
- mourning; grieving (over death of someone)
Derived terms
Noun
luksâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜃ᜔ᜐ)
- mourning
- Synonym: pagluluksa
- period of mourning
- Synonym: pagluluksa
- mourning clothes (usually black)
- Synonym: damit-panluksa
References
- “luksa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 288
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