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laukku.

bag, case (firm container made out of cloth, leather, plastic, etc.)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑu̯kːu/[ˈlɑ̝u̯kːu]
  1. bag, case (firm container made out of cloth, leather, plastic, etc.)

  2. rattle (any plant of the genus Rhinanthus)

Where this word comes from

Unknown. Saarikivi postulates a borrowing from Russian ла́вка (lávka); the word would have originally referred to wandering traders (laukkuryssä), with later semantic shift through the bags they carried. Cognate with Karelian laukku.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.