lahko

From an obsolete sense of the word, which means a combine of peasants who jointly own a resource, such as a pasture, workhorse or mill. Now similar combines are organized as osuuskunta (“cooperative”).

The ultimate origin is disputed; it could be a loan from Old Swedish lagh (compare Swedish lag (“a workgroup, a team”)) or alternatively related to Estonian lahk, Livonian lō’gõ, Veps lahk, Votic lahk, suggesting Proto-Finnic *lahko, probably borrowed either from Proto-Germanic *slagiz or Proto-Germanic *slahō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑhko/, [ˈlɑ̝xko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑhko
• Syllabification^(key): lah‧ko
• Hyphenation^(key): lah‧ko

lahko

1. sect (offshoot of a larger religion sharing at least some unorthodox beliefs)
2. cult (group of people with a sect-like religious identity but exploitative or regarded by outsiders as exploitative towards its members)
3. (biology, taxonomy) order

• (cult): kultti

• “lahko”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• halko

lahko (Cyrillic spelling лахко)

1. (Bosnia) alternative form of lako

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ.

• IPA^(key): /laxkóː/

lahkọ̑

1. may, with permission (possibly, but not certainly)

   Kje lahko plavam? ― Where am I allowed to swim?

   A lahko dobim tvoj naslov? ― Can you give me your address?

2. easily
3. good, well

   Lahko noč! ― Good night!

• lahko noč

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