léku

See also: leku, leků, léků, lęku, and łęku

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛːku]

Noun

léku m inan

  1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of lék

Old Norse

Verb

léku

  1. third-person plural past active indicative of leika

Phalura

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Shina [script needed] (lekū, “small”), Chilisso [script needed] (leko, “small”).

Perhaps inherited from Sanskrit लघु (laghu, “light”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), which would make it a doublet of lhoóku.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /léko/

Adjective

léku (feminine léki, Perso-Arabic spelling لیۡکوۡ)

  1. small
    Synonym: lhoóku

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “léku”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*likka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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