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)

  1. walk
  2. gait
  3. forward motion, progress
  4. attitude, behaviour, conduct
  5. manner, technique, way
  6. ascetic regimen

Verb

ꦭꦏꦸ (laku)

  1. to act, to conduct
  2. (dialectal) to sell well.

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