# luka
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈluka]

### Noun

luka n pl
* Alternative form of louka (“meadow”)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “luka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “luka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “luka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Hungarian
### Etymology

luk (“hole”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlukɒ]
* Hyphenation: lu‧ka

### Noun

luka
* Alternative form of lyuka, third-person singular single-possession possessive of luk

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay luka, from Proto-Malayic *luka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luka, Proto-Austronesian *Nuka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlu.ka/
* Rhymes: -uka
* Hyphenation: lu‧ka

### Noun

luka
* wound:
** an injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body
** (figurative) a hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

### Adjective

luka
* wounded:
** suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife
** (figurative) suffering from an emotional injury

#### Hyponyms

* luka bakar
* luka bakar minor
* luka baring
* luka berat
* luka hati
* luka memar
* luka parah
* luka ringan
* luka serius

#### Derived terms

* berluka
* lukai
* pelukaan
* perlukaan
* terluka
* terlukai

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Nuka”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Luba-Kasai
### Verb

luka
* to weave

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* luken

### Noun

luka m or f
* definite feminine singular of luke

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

luka f
* definite singular of luke

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

### Verb

lūka
* to close, shut

#### Inflection
## Old Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Verb

lūka
* to close, shut

#### Conjugation
## Oromo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji lukka, Hadiyya lokko and Sidamo lekka.

### Noun

luka
* leg

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Lücke. Aleksander Brückner believed that the term had come from Luke (“hatch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlu.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uka
* Syllabification: lu‧ka

### Noun

luka f
* gap, blank
    wypełniać lukę ― to fill in the blank
* hatch
    Synonyms: luk m, właz m
* loophole, an exploitable "hole" in a system

#### Related terms

* loch
* luk

### References

* ↑ Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN, t. II. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2002, s. 55. →ISBN
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “loch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 301

### Further reading

* luka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* luka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

### Anagrams

* kula

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǔːka/
* Hyphenation: lu‧ka

#### Noun

lúka f (Cyrillic spelling лу́ка)
* harbor; harbour
* seaport
* port

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

luka (Cyrillic spelling лука)
* genitive singular of luk

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lùːka/

### Noun

lúka f
* harbor; harbour
* seaport
* port

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “luka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀ka.

### Verb

-luka
* (transitive) to plait
* (transitive) to weave

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “luka”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “luka (6.3)”