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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
luku
- genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of luk
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *luku. Equivalent to lukea (“to read, count”) + -u.
Pronunciation
Noun
luku
- number (abstract entity used to describe quantity; in mathematics, a concept such as a natural number, rational number or real number)
- number, count, quantity (a number indicating how many of something there are)
- Synonyms: määrä, lukumäärä
- head count (the act of counting the number of persons present by having them call out numbers starting with one; also an interjection ordering a group to do so)
- Synonym: pääluku
- chapter (one of the main section into which the text of a book is divided; one of the main part in a legal statute)
Se on ihan oma lukunsa.- It's another (chapter of a) story of its own.
- (often in compounds) reading
- Synonym: lukeminen
- vain luku ― read only
- lukutaito ― ability to read (literacy)
- (often in compounds) reading, studying
- Synonyms: lukeminen, opiskelu
- (law) chapter (division in a legal statute)
- (grammar) number (the state of being singular, dual or plural)
- together with a year, used to indicate decade, century or sometimes even millennium; expressed by using the plural number in English
- Synonyms: l. (singular or plural), ll. (plural)
- 1920-luvulla ― in the 20s, in the 1920s
- 1600-luku ― the 17th Century (1600–1699)
Usage notes
- (number): See usage notes under numero.
- (chapter): luku is one of the divisions in a Finnish act (laki). The core division is pykälä, which is contained even in the shortest acts; large statutes may have higher divisions (parts and chapters). The hierarchy of the divisions goes, and their names are by convention translated by the Ministry of Justice of Finland, as follows (from the highest division to the lowest):
- osa (“part”) > luku (“chapter”) > pykälä (“section”) > momentti (“subsection”) > kohta (“paragraph”) > alakohta (“subparagraph”)
- (century): While the form 20. vuosisata (“20th Century”) is sometimes used in Finnish, it is now rare and somewhat archaic, and 1900-luku is by far the more commonly used form. While "the 20th Century" does not strictly refer to the same period of years as "the 1900s", the former would normally be translated into Finnish as 1900-luku as a matter of course.
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ NB: the translation of the Act No. 609/2015 is unofficial and used by the Ministry of Justice of Finland:
- “Ilmastolaki”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Finnish), Ministry of Justice of Finland, 2017 March 24 (last accessed)
- “Climate Change Act”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (PDF), Ministry of Justice of Finland, 2017 March 24 (last accessed)
- ^ “Oikeudenkäymiskaari”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (in Finnish), Ministry of Justice of Finland, 2017 March 24 (last accessed)
Further reading
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Verb
luku
- to destroy
Derived terms
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *luku, equivalent to lukkia (“to read; to count”) + -u. Cognates include Finnish luku and Veps lugu.
Pronunciation
Noun
luku
- number, amount
- pace, rhythm
- incantation, spell
- (in compounds) reading
- A unit of measure equal to five herrings.
- Miä möin kaks lukkua. ― I sold ten herrings. (literally, “I sold twice five herrings.”)
Declension
| Declension of luku (type 4/koivu, k- gradation, gemination)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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luku
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luut
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| genitive
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luun
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lukkuin, lukuloin
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| partitive
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lukkua
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lukuja, lukuloja
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| illative
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lukkuu
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lukkui, lukuloihe
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| inessive
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luus
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luuis, lukulois
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| elative
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luust
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luuist, lukuloist
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| allative
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luulle
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luuille, lukuloille
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| adessive
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luul
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luuil, lukuloil
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| ablative
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luult
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luuilt, lukuloilt
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| translative
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luuks
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luuiks, lukuloiks
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| essive
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lukunna, lukkuun
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lukuinna, lukuloinna, lukkuin, lukuloin
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| exessive1)
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lukunt
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lukuint, lukuloint
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1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 278
Mapudungun
Noun
luku (Raguileo spelling)
- (anatomy) knee
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.ku/
- Rhymes: -uku
- Syllabification: lu‧ku
Noun
luku m inan
- genitive/locative/vocative singular of luk
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
luku (Cyrillic spelling луку)
- dative/locative singular of luk
Noun
luku (Cyrillic spelling луку)
- accusative singular of luka
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
luku
- genitive/dative/locative singular of luk
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From English look.
Pronunciation
Verb
luku
- To look (at).
Alternative forms
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *luku.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈluku/,
- Rhymes: -uku
- Hyphenation: lu‧ku
Noun
luku
- spell, incantation
- read, something to read
- counting rhyme
Inflection
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “luku”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn