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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from dialectal Swedish luka (standard Swedish lucka).
Pronunciation
Noun
luukku
- hatch, window, pass through (opening in a wall at window height for serving food or other items)
Kokki ojensi annokset tarjoiluluukun kautta.- The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.
- hatch (small door for maintenance in large mechanical structure)
- Synonym: huoltoluukku
- hatch, trapdoor, trap (horizontal door in a floor or ceiling)
- hatch, scuttle (opening that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building)
- kattoluukku ― roof hatch
- (nautical) hatch, scuttle (opening through the deck of a ship or submarine)
- Sulkekaa luukut! ― Close the hatches!
- door (flap that acts like a door)
- käkikellon luukku ― cuckoo clock door
- slot (narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially one with a hinged cover)
- postiluukku ― mail slot
- (construction) outlet, vent (vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something)
- savunpoistoluukku ― smoke outlet
- wicket, window (service window, as in a bank or train station)
- lippuluukku ― ticket window
- drop (trapdoor in a gallows)
- (slang) fence (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, place of this activity)
- Synonyms: välittäjä, (colloquial) jobbari
- (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of postiluukku.
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