English

Proper noun

Luka

1. A male given name of modern usage.
   • 1987, Suzanne Vega, Luka (a song):

     My name is Luka / I live on the second floor / I live upstairs from you / Yes I think you've seen me before

2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Лука́ ‎(Luká).

See also

• Luca

Finnish

Etymology

From the Slavonic (Serbo-Croatian etc ) male given name Luka and from Russian Лука́ ‎(Luká), all cognates of the English Luke and Lucas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlukɑ/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ka

Proper noun

Luka

1. A male given name of modern usage. (Luka is also used as the transliteration of the Russian male given name Лука́ ‎(Luká).)

Declension

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Luka

1. Luke (biblical character).
2. Luke (book of the Bible).
3. A male given name, cognate with English Luke.
4. A female given name, vernacular form of the biblical Ruta ‎(“Ruth”).

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, pages 183, 186
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Luka occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 27 women and 14 men.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Luka m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Лука)

1. A male given name, equivalent to Luke.

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlùːka/
• Tonal orthography: lúka

Proper noun

Lúka m anim ‎(genitive Lúke or Lúka)

1. Luke; A male given name

Declension

Indonesian

Noun

luka

1. wound

Derived terms

melukai to wound terluka wounded

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• luken

Noun

luka m, f

1. definite feminine singular of luke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

luka f

1. definite singular of luke

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

lūka

1. to close, shut

Conjugation

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lúka, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną.

Verb

lūka

1. to close, shut

Conjugation

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Polish

Etymology

• From German^[1] (compare Lücke). Aleksander Brückner believed that the term had come from Luke ‎(“hatch”)^[2].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ka/

Noun

luka f

1. gap

   wypełniać lukę - to fill out the gap

2. hatch

Declension

Synonyms

• (hatch): luk m, właz m

Related terms

Idioms

• luka w prawie

Anagrams

• kula

References

1. ↑ Słownik Języka Polskiego PWN, t. II. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2002, s. 55. ISBN 83-01-13769-X
2. ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “loch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 301

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lǫka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǔːka/
• Hyphenation: lu‧ka

Noun

lúka f ‎(Cyrillic spelling лу́ка)

1. harbor; harbour
2. seaport
3. port

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlùːka/
• Tonal orthography: lúka

Noun

lúka f ‎(genitive lúke, nominative plural lúke)

1. harbor; harbour
2. seaport
3. port

Declension