laca

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See also: laça, Láca, lāča, and la cà

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlat͡sa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sa
  • Hyphenation: la‧ca

Adjective

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

  1. tired, weary

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Fijian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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laca

  1. (Bau) sail
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References

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ca

Noun

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laca f (plural lacas)

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

References

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  1. ^ laca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ laca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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laca f (plural lacas)

  1. lacquer
  2. hair spray
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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laca

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

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