lako

From Russian лак (lak), German Lack, French laque, Italian lacca, all ultimately from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlako/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: la‧ko

lako (accusative singular lakon, plural lakoj, accusative plural lakojn)

1. lacquer

• laki (“to lacquer”)
• ungolako (“nail polish”)

• verniso (“varnish”)

From Proto-Finnic *lako, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Compare Old Norse lag (“stratum, layer”). Cognate with Estonian lagu, Ingrian lako, Livonian la’ggõ and Veps lago. Doublet of laki (“law, statute”) and laki (“summit; ceiling”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑko/, [ˈlɑ̝ko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Syllabification^(key): la‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): la‧ko

lako

1. (agriculture) lodging (condition of a plant that has been flattened in the field)

• laota

• lakata
• lakastua
• laaka (“horizontal”)

• “lako”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• alko, kola, loka, olka

Borrowed from Malay laku (“marketable; saleable”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlako/ [ˈlɐ.ko]
• Hyphenation: la‧ko

lako (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜃᜓ)

1. merchandise
2. sale (act of selling)

From Proto-Finnic *lako. Cognates include Finnish lako and Estonian lagu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑko/, [ˈɫɑko̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑko/, [ˈɫɑɡ̊o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation: la‧ko

lako

1. lodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 243

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.kɔ/
• Rhymes: -akɔ
• Syllabification: la‧ko

lako f

1. vocative singular of laka

• lahko (Bosnia)

• IPA^(key): /lâko/
• Hyphenation: la‧ko

lȁko (Cyrillic spelling ла̏ко)

1. easily
2. lightly

• (antonym(s) of “easily”): teško (težko)

lako (Cyrillic spelling лако)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of lak

lako

1. ji class_(V) inflected form of -ako

Borrowed from Malay laku (“marketable”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlakoʔ/ [ˈlaː.xoʔ]
• Rhymes: -akoʔ
• Syllabification: la‧ko

lakò (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃᜓ)

1. merchandise being peddled
2. peddling; selling of merchandise from place to place

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈko/ [lɐˈxo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: la‧ko

lakó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃᜓ)

1. (anatomy) part of the arm opposite the elbow

• alakalakan

• alok, kalo, loka

From Proto-North Halmahera *lako (“eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ko/

lako (Jawi لاکو)

1. eye

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lakaw.

lako

1. go

lakò

1. phlegm