ꦭꦏꦸ
Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese laku (“going, course, walk, gait; moving forward, progress, journey; way of acting, conduct; in the manner of, like”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lakaw (“to go, to walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ku/
- Rhymes: -ku
- Hyphenation: la‧ku
Noun
ꦭꦏꦸ (laku)
- walk
- gait
- forward motion, progress
- attitude, behaviour, conduct
- manner, technique, way
- ascetic regimen
Verb
ꦭꦏꦸ (laku)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ꦭꦏꦸꦔꦶꦮ (laku ngiwa)
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “laku”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN