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laukka.

canter (three-beat gait)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑu̯kːɑ/[ˈlɑ̝u̯kːɑ̝]
  1. canter (three-beat gait)

  2. canter (ride)

  3. gallop (four-beat gait)

    informal
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Related to Karelian laukata and Proto-Samic *lāvkkē (latter possibly borrowed from Finnish).

noun/ˈlɑu̯kːɑ/[ˈlɑ̝u̯kːɑ̝]
  1. onion (any plant of the genus Allium); (in the plural) the genus Allium

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *laukka (compare Estonian lauk, Livonian lōka), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (“leek”) (compare Swedish lök, German Lauch, English leek).

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