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Luka

Luka

See also: luka, lúka, Lūka, and Lūkā

English

Proper noun

Luka

  1. A male given name of modern usage.
    • 1987, Suzanne Vega, Luka (a song):
      My name is Luka / I live on the second floor / I live upstairs from you / Yes I think you've seen me before
  2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Лука́ (Luká).

See also


Finnish

Etymology

From the Slavonic (Serbo-Croatian etc ) male given name Luka and from Russian Лука́ (Luká), all cognates of the English Luke and Lucas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlukɑ/
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧ka

Proper noun

Luka

  1. A male given name of modern usage. (Luka is also used as the transliteration of the Russian male given name Лука́ (Luká).)

Declension

Inflection of Luka (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative Luka Lukat
genitive Lukan Lukien
partitive Lukaa Lukia
illative Lukaan Lukiin
singular plural
nominative Luka Lukat
accusative nom. Luka Lukat
gen. Lukan
genitive Lukan Lukien
Lukainrare
partitive Lukaa Lukia
inessive Lukassa Lukissa
elative Lukasta Lukista
illative Lukaan Lukiin
adessive Lukalla Lukilla
ablative Lukalta Lukilta
allative Lukalle Lukille
essive Lukana Lukina
translative Lukaksi Lukiksi
instructive Lukin
abessive Lukatta Lukitta
comitative Lukineen

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Luka

  1. Luke (biblical character).
  2. Luke (book of the Bible).
  3. A male given name, cognate with English Luke.
  4. A female given name, vernacular form of the biblical Ruta (Ruth).

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, pages 183, 186
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Luka occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 27 women and 14 men.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Luka m (Cyrillic spelling Лука)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Luke.

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlùːka/
  • Tonal orthography: lúka

Proper noun

Lúka m anim (genitive Lúke or Lúka)

  1. Luke; A male given name

Declension

luka

luka

See also: Luka, lúka, Lūka, and Lūkā

Indonesian

Noun

luka

  1. wound

Derived terms

melukai to wound terluka wounded


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

luka m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of luke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

luka f

  1. definite singular of luke

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

lūka

  1. to close, shut

Conjugation


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lúka, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

lūka

  1. to close, shut

Conjugation

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Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.ka/

Noun

luka f

  1. gap
    wypełniać lukę - to fill out the gap
  2. hatch

Declension

Synonyms

  • (hatch): luk m, właz m

Related terms

Idioms
  • luka w prawie

Anagrams

References

  1. Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN, t. II. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2002, s. 55. ISBN 83-01-13769-X
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), loch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 301

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǔːka/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ka

Noun

lúka f (Cyrillic spelling лу́ка)

  1. harbor; harbour
  2. seaport
  3. port

Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlùːka/
  • Tonal orthography: lúka

Noun

lúka f (genitive lúke, nominative plural lúke)

  1. harbor; harbour
  2. seaport
  3. port

Declension