# laki
## Äiwoo
### Adjective

laki
* small

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Cognate with Malay laki

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.ki/

### Noun

laki
* husband

#### Usage notes

If reduplicated as laki-laki, it means male.

#### Antonyms

* bini (“wife”)

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

#### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /laˈki/ [l̪ɐˈki]
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

#### Noun

lakí (Badlit spelling ᜎᜃᜒ)
* male (of plants and non-human animals)
    Coordinate terms: baye (“female plant/animal”), lalaki (“male human”)
* (by extension) term given to the thornier and usually smaller species of plants as compared to the smoother or larger variety
    kudyapa nga laki ― the armed kudyapa; Amaranthus spinosus

##### Derived terms

* lakin-on
* linaki
* mao nay laki
* pagkalaki
* panglaki
* taglaki

#### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /ˈlaki/ [ˈl̪a.kɪ]
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

##### Noun

laki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜃᜒ)
* clipping of lalaki (“man”)
* male paramour

### Etymology 2

Perhaps the same as above.

#### Noun

laki (Badlit spelling ᜎᜃᜒ)
* (obsolete) ability, skill (now always affixed as kalaki)

##### Derived terms

* kalaki
* kalakihan
* maayong laki

### Anagrams

* ilak, kali

## Dupaningan Agta
### Noun

laki
* squid

## Faroese
### Etymology

Likely from Middle Low German lake.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛaːʰt͡ʃɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːʰt͡ʃɪ

### Noun

laki m (genitive singular laka, plural lakar)
* brine, pickle

#### Derived terms

* saltlaki

### Further reading

* “lage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈlɑ̝k̟i]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Swedish lagh (compare Swedish lag), from Old Norse lǫg. Doublet of lako and laki (“summit; ceiling”).

#### Noun

laki
* act (a specific legal statute, inferior to a constitution) [with elative ‘on’]
    laki metsätuhojen torjunnasta ― act on preventing forest damages
* statute (written law, either a constitution or an act, as laid down by the legislature)
* (uncountable) law (collection of acts)
    lain mukaan ― by law
* code (official collection of laws)
    Hammurabin laki ― code of Hammurabi
* (sciences, mathematics) law (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena; mathematical or logical rule)
    fysiikan lait ― laws of physics

##### Usage notes

* As a legal statute in Finland, laki is superior to asetus and inferior to perustuslaki. Names of acts are not capitalized. The names of acts are either unhyphenated compounds, e.g. avioliittolaki (“Marriage Act (1929/234)”), or noun phrases consisting of the word laki and a subsequent elative qualifier (-sta/-stä), e.g. laki eräistä asbestipurkutyötä koskevista vaatimuksista (“Act on Certain Requirements Concerning Asbestos Removal Work (684/2015)”). The official names of legal statutes adopted in plenary session following the same, normal procedure include:
   * laki (“act”)
   * kaari (“code”) (e.g. oikeudenkäymiskaari (“the Code of Judicial Procedure”))
   * eduskunnan työjärjestys (“the Parliament's Rules of Procedure”)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of laki (Kotus type 5*D/risti, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakini
lakini
accusative
nom.
lakini
lakini
gen.
lakini
genitive
lakini
lakieni
partitive
lakiani
lakejani
inessive
laissani
laeissani
elative
laistani
laeistani
illative
lakiini
lakeihini
adessive
laillani
laeillani
ablative
lailtani
laeiltani
allative
lailleni
laeilleni
essive
lakinani
lakeinani
translative
laikseni
laeikseni
abessive
laittani
laeittani
instructive
comitative
—lakeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakisi
lakisi
accusative
nom.
lakisi
lakisi
gen.
lakisi
genitive
lakisi
lakiesi
partitive
lakiasi
lakejasi
inessive
laissasi
laeissasi
elative
laistasi
laeistasi
illative
lakiisi
lakeihisi
adessive
laillasi
laeillasi
ablative
lailtasi
laeiltasi
allative
laillesi
laeillesi
essive
lakinasi
lakeinasi
translative
laiksesi
laeiksesi
abessive
laittasi
laeittasi
instructive
comitative
—lakeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakimme
lakimme
accusative
nom.
lakimme
lakimme
gen.
lakimme
genitive
lakimme
lakiemme
partitive
lakiamme
lakejamme
inessive
laissamme
laeissamme
elative
laistamme
laeistamme
illative
lakiimme
lakeihimme
adessive
laillamme
laeillamme
ablative
lailtamme
laeiltamme
allative
laillemme
laeillemme
essive
lakinamme
lakeinamme
translative
laiksemme
laeiksemme
abessive
laittamme
laeittamme
instructive
comitative
—lakeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakinne
lakinne
accusative
nom.
lakinne
lakinne
gen.
lakinne
genitive
lakinne
lakienne
partitive
lakianne
lakejanne
inessive
laissanne
laeissanne
elative
laistanne
laeistanne
illative
lakiinne
lakeihinne
adessive
laillanne
laeillanne
ablative
lailtanne
laeiltanne
allative
laillenne
laeillenne
essive
lakinanne
lakeinanne
translative
laiksenne
laeiksenne
abessive
laittanne
laeittanne
instructive
comitative
—lakeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakinsa
lakinsa
accusative
nom.
lakinsa
lakinsa
gen.
lakinsa
genitive
lakinsa
lakiensa
partitive
lakiaan lakiansa
lakejaan lakejansa
inessive
laissaan laissansa
laeissaan laeissansa
elative
laistaan laistansa
laeistaan laeistansa
illative
lakiinsa
lakeihinsa
adessive
laillaan laillansa
laeillaan laeillansa
ablative
lailtaan lailtansa
laeiltaan laeiltansa
allative
lailleen laillensa
laeilleen laeillensa
essive
lakinaan lakinansa
lakeinaan lakeinansa
translative
laikseen laiksensa
laeikseen laeiksensa
abessive
laittaan laittansa
laeittaan laeittansa
instructive
comitative
—lakeineen lakeinensa :

##### Derived terms

* laillinen
* laiton
* -lakinen
* laki ja järjestys
* alusjätelaki
* ammattikorkeakoululaki
* arvopaperimarkkinalaki
* assosiaatiolaki
* asuntokauppalaki
* asunto-osakeyhtiölaki
* avioliittolaki
* eduskuntalaki
* erillislaki
* erityislaki
* esitutkintalaki
* gravitaatiolaki
* hallintolainkäyttölaki
* hallintolaki
* henkilötietolaki
* huumelaki
* hätäkeskuslaki
* hätätilalaki
* ideaalikaasulaki
* ilmailulaki
* jakaumalaki
* julkisuuslaki
* järjestyslaki
* jätelaki
* kaivoslaki
* kalastuslaki
* kansalaisuuslaki
* kasautumislaki
* kauppalaki
* kausaalilaki
* kielilaki
* kieltolaki
* kirjanpitolaki
* kirkkolaki
* kokoontumislaki
* kommutaatiolaki
* konkurssilaki
* korpilaki
* koskiensuojelulaki
* kotikuntalaki
* kuluttajansuojalaki
* kuntajakolaki
* kuntalaki
* lainalainen
* lainhaku
* lainhuudattaa
* lainhuudatus
* lainhuuto
* lainkohta
* lainkuuliainen
* lainkäyttö
* lainlaadinta
* lainlaatija
* lainmukainen
* lainmuutos
* lainomainen
* lainopillinen
* lainoppi
* lainoppinut
* lainrikkoja
* lainrikkomus
* lainselitys
* lainsuoja
* lainsäädäntä
* lainsäädäntö
* lainsäännös
* lainsäätäjä
* lainsäätäminen
* laintarkastus
* laintaulu
* laintulkinta
* lainvalinta
* lainvalmistelu
* lainvalvoja
* lainvalvonta
* lainvartija
* lainvastainen
* lainvoima
* lakialoite
* lakiasia
* lakiasäätävä
* lakiehdotus
* lakiesitys
* lakihanke
* lakikieli
* lakikirja
* lakikokoelma
* lakimies
* lakimuutos
* lakimääräinen
* lakimääräys
* lakinainen
* lakiosa
* lakipykälä
* lakipäätös
* lakisääteinen
* lakiteksti
* lakitermi
* lakitiede
* lakitoimisto
* lakitupa
* lakivaliokunta
* lastensuojelulaki
* liitäntälaki
* luonnonlaki
* luonnonsuojelulaki
* maakuntalaki
* maanlaki
* markkinaoikeuslaki
* merilaki
* merimieseläkelaki
* metsälaki
* mielenterveyslaki
* muinaismuistolaki
* nopeuslaki
* oikeusapulaki
* omalakinen
* opetuslaki
* osakeyhtiölaki
* osittelulaki
* osuuskuntalaki
* pakkokeinolaki
* peruslaki
* perustuslaki
* poikkeuslaki
* poliisilaki
* puitelaki
* radiolaki
* rakennuslaki
* rehulaki
* resiprookkilaki
* rikoslaki
* rikosvahinkolaki
* rotuerottelulaki
* siirtymälaki
* sotalaki
* sotatilalaki
* sukunimilaki
* suojelulaki
* säilymislaki
* säännöstelylaki
* säätiölaki
* taittumislaki
* tasa-arvolaki
* tekijänoikeuslaki
* tieliikennelaki
* tilastolaki
* tilintarkastuslaki
* tuloverolaki
* tuotevastuulaki
* tupakkalaki
* tutkintavankeuslaki
* työaikalaki
* työsopimuslaki
* työterveyshuoltolaki
* työterveyslaki
* työttömyysturvalaki
* työturvallisuuslaki
* ulkomaalaislaki
* vaalilaki
* vahingonkorvauslaki
* vaihdantalaki
* vakuutusyhtiölaki
* valmiuslaki
* valtalaki
* valtuuslaki
* vankeuslaki
* vapaakappalelaki
* velkajärjestelylaki
* vesihuoltolaki
* vesilaki
* vientitakuulaki
* viestintämarkkinalaki
* vuosilomalaki
* väylämaksulaki
* yhdenvertaisuuslaki
* yhdistyslaki
* yhteismetsälaki
* yhteistoimintalaki
* yksityistielaki
* yleislaki
* ympäristönsuojelulaki
* yrityslaki
* yritystukilaki
* äännelaki

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: (obsolete) laki

##### See also

* asetus
* luku
* pykälä
* momentti
* oikeus

#### Further reading

* “1. laki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *laki, probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse flaki). Doublet of laki (“law, statute”) and lako.

#### Noun

laki
* summit (topmost point of e.g. a hill or trajectory)
    Synonym: huippu
* ceiling
    Synonyms: sisäkatto, laipio

##### Declension

Possessive forms of laki (Kotus type 7*D/ovi, k-∅ gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakeni
lakeni
accusative
nom.
lakeni
lakeni
gen.
lakeni
genitive
lakeni
lakieni
partitive
lakeani
lakiani
inessive
laessani
laissani
elative
laestani
laistani
illative
lakeeni
lakiini
adessive
laellani
laillani
ablative
laeltani
lailtani
allative
laelleni
lailleni
essive
lakenani
lakinani
translative
laekseni
laikseni
abessive
laettani
laittani
instructive
comitative
—lakineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakesi
lakesi
accusative
nom.
lakesi
lakesi
gen.
lakesi
genitive
lakesi
lakiesi
partitive
lakeasi
lakiasi
inessive
laessasi
laissasi
elative
laestasi
laistasi
illative
lakeesi
lakiisi
adessive
laellasi
laillasi
ablative
laeltasi
lailtasi
allative
laellesi
laillesi
essive
lakenasi
lakinasi
translative
laeksesi
laiksesi
abessive
laettasi
laittasi
instructive
comitative
—lakinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakemme
lakemme
accusative
nom.
lakemme
lakemme
gen.
lakemme
genitive
lakemme
lakiemme
partitive
lakeamme
lakiamme
inessive
laessamme
laissamme
elative
laestamme
laistamme
illative
lakeemme
lakiimme
adessive
laellamme
laillamme
ablative
laeltamme
lailtamme
allative
laellemme
laillemme
essive
lakenamme
lakinamme
translative
laeksemme
laiksemme
abessive
laettamme
laittamme
instructive
comitative
—lakinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakenne
lakenne
accusative
nom.
lakenne
lakenne
gen.
lakenne
genitive
lakenne
lakienne
partitive
lakeanne
lakianne
inessive
laessanne
laissanne
elative
laestanne
laistanne
illative
lakeenne
lakiinne
adessive
laellanne
laillanne
ablative
laeltanne
lailtanne
allative
laellenne
laillenne
essive
lakenanne
lakinanne
translative
laeksenne
laiksenne
abessive
laettanne
laittanne
instructive
comitative
—lakinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lakensa
lakensa
accusative
nom.
lakensa
lakensa
gen.
lakensa
genitive
lakensa
lakiensa
partitive
lakeaan lakeansa
lakiaan lakiansa
inessive
laessaan laessansa
laissaan laissansa
elative
laestaan laestansa
laistaan laistansa
illative
lakeensa
lakiinsa
adessive
laellaan laellansa
laillaan laillansa
ablative
laeltaan laeltansa
lailtaan lailtansa
allative
laelleen laellensa
lailleen laillensa
essive
lakenaan lakenansa
lakinaan lakinansa
translative
laekseen laeksensa
laikseen laiksensa
abessive
laettaan laettansa
laittaan laittansa
instructive
comitative
—lakineen lakinensa :

##### Derived terms

* lakeinen
* -lakinen
* lakio
* kallionlaki
* kitalaki
* lakiaukile
* lakijäätikkö
* lakikivi
* lakikorkeus
* lakimetsä
* lakipiste
* lakipunos
* päälaki
* suulaki
* taivaanlaki
* tummalakihapero
* tummalakiseitikki
* tunturinlaki
* vaaranlaki
* viherlakihapero

#### Further reading

* “2. laki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Anagrams

* kali, lika

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaki/
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

### Noun

laki
* male, man
* husband

#### Derived terms

* belaki

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːcɪ

### Noun

laki
* indefinite dative singular of lak

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay laki, from Classical Malay [Term?], from Old Malay lāki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki, from Proto-Austronesian *laki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaki/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

### Noun

laki (plural laki-laki)
* male
    Synonym: pria
* (colloquial, vulgar) husband
    Synonym: suami

#### Usage notes

If reduplicated as laki-laki, it is specifically means male.

#### Derived terms

* berlaki
* kelaki-lakian
* laki-laki
* lelaki
* memperlaki
* memperlakikan

### Further reading

* “laki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *laki. Cognates include Finnish laki and Estonian lagi.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈɫɑki]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈɫɑɡ̊i]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

#### Noun

laki
* ceiling

##### Derived terms

* lakiain
* päälaki
* suulaki

##### See also

* katto (“roof”)
* maa (“floor”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Finnish laki.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈɫɑki]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈɫɑɡ̊i]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

#### Noun

laki
* (obsolete) Synonym of suuto

##### Declension
### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “лаки”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 687
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 243

## Javanese

* Javanese register set
* ꦏꦿꦩꦲꦶꦁꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): garwa kakung
* ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): laki
* ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): bojo lanang

### Noun

laki
* (dialectal) husband

## Lindu
### Adjective

laki
* male

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Noun

laki
* male carabao

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaki/, [ˈla.kʰi]
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

### Adjective

laki (Lontara spelling ᨒᨀᨗ)
* male (of animals and plants)
    Jangang lakia ― The cock

#### Synonyms

* bura'ne (of humans)

#### Antonyms

* gana (of animals and plants)
* baine (of humans)

#### Derived terms

* pallaki

## Malay
### Etymology

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (lāki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laki/

### Noun

laki (Jawi spelling لاکي, plural laki-laki, informal 1st possessive lakiku, 2nd possessive lakimu, 3rd possessive lakinya)
* (probably vulgar) husband
    Synonym: suami

#### Usage notes

In many dialects this term considered vulgar. If reduplicated as laki-laki, it means male.

### Further reading

* “laki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mansaka
### Adjective

laki
* industrious; hardworking

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

laki
* positive degree weak masculine nominative singular of lakr

### Etymology 2

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *wlakuz (“moist, slimey”), from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“wet, moist”).

#### Noun

laki m (genitive laka)
* burbot (Lota lota spp.)
* (anatomy) omasum

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: laki
* Elfdalian: latji
* Norwegian Nynorsk: lake
* Old Swedish: laki
** Swedish: lake
* Danish: lake

### References

* ↑ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “2. lake”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, pages 394-395
* ↑ Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈla.ki/
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: la‧ki

### Noun

laki m inan
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lak

### Noun

laki f
* inflection of laka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Remontado Agta
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

### Noun

láki
* male; man

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

laki
* inflection of lak:
** masculine nominative/vocative plural
** definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
** definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

## Sikaiana
### Noun

laki
* west

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Omani Arabic لك (lakk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa).

#### Numeral

laki (invariable)
* hundred thousand, lakh

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic لَاقَى (lāqā).

#### Verb

-laki (infinitive kulaki)
* to meet

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -laki :
| Positive present | -nalaki |
| Subjunctive | -laki |
| Negative | -laki |
| Imperative singular | laki |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kulaki |
| Negative | kutolaki |
Imperatives :
| Singular | laki |
| Plural | lakini |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hulaki |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lilaki |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kulaki |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -talaki |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -talaki |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -silaki |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngelaki |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singelaki |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalilaki |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalilaki |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -melaki |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshalaki |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jalaki |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kilaki |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipolaki |
| Consecutive | kalaki / positive subject concord + -kalaki |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kalaki |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

### References

* ↑ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Lakh’, Sw laki. From OAr lekk (R: 84) / lakk (Holes 2011: 487), from an Indian language; cf. Hindustani lākh.”

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *dakəl, with elision of /l/ then a sound shift of /d/ to /l/. Compare Yami rako, Ilocano dakkel, Pangasinan dakel, Kankanaey dakdakë, Dupaningan Agta dakal, Ibaloi shakel, Isnag dakkal, Kapampangan dakal, Kapampangan dagul, Bikol Central dakol, Cebuano dako, Hiligaynon daku, Agusan Manobo dakey, and Maranao dakel.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /laˈki/ [lɐˈxi], (colloquial) /laˈke/ [lɐˈxɛ]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: la‧ki

### Noun

lakí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃᜒ)
* bigness; largeness
    Synonyms: kalakihan, pagkamalaki
* size; measurement (especially in bigness)
    Synonym: sukat
* growth (of plants, animals, etc.)
    Synonym: (of plants) pagtubo
* bulk
    Synonym: bulto
* high tide
    Synonyms: taog, pagtaog, taeb
* (colloquial) greatness
    Synonyms: kadakilaan, kabantugan

#### Derived terms

* anlaki
* hinlalaki
* ilaki
* ilaki ng loob
* ipagmalaki
* Kalakhang Maynila
* kalakihan
* kasinlaki
* laki sa layaw
* lakihan
* lumaki
* lumaki ang ulo
* magkasinlaki
* magmalaki
* magpalaki
* magpalaki ng katawan
* malakhin
* malaki
* malaki-laki
* malakihan
* malaking-malaki
* mapagkalakhan
* mapagmalaki
* may-kalakihan
* napakalaki
* pagkalakhan
* paglaki
* pagmalakhan
* pagmamalaki
* pagpapalaki
* palaki
* palakihin
* pampalaki
* sinlaki

#### See also

* dakila
* lalaki

### Adjective

lakí (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜃᜒ)
* brought up; grew up (in a certain situation)

### Further reading

* “laki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dakél”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* kali, akli

## Votic
### Alternative forms

* latši

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ingrian laki.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈlɑki/, [ˈɫɑkʲi]
* Rhymes: -ɑki
* Hyphenation: la‧ki

### Noun

laki
* ceiling

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “latši”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn