laca

Derived from French las, from Latin lassus (“exhausted, tired, weary”). Compare Italian lasso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -at͡sa
• Hyphenation: la‧ca

laca (accusative singular lacan, plural lacaj, accusative plural lacajn)

1. tired, weary

From Proto-Oceanic *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ (cognate to Malay layar), from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Doublet of laya.

laca

1. (Bau) sail

• laya

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “laca”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 131

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.kɑ/

laca

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of lacu

From Persian; see lac.^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧ca

laca f (plural lacas)

1. lake (red colouring agent)
2. lac (resinous substance produced by insects)
3. (Portugal) hair spray

   Synonym: (Brazil) laquê

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaka/ [ˈla.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: la‧ca

From Latin lacca, from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Compare English lacquer.

laca f (plural lacas)

1. lacquer
2. hair spray

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

laca

1. inflection of lacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “laca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024