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lacca.

hole, pit

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlak.ka/
  1. hole, pit

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old High German lahhā, lacha from Proto-West Germanic *laku.

noun/ˈlak.ka/
  1. poplite muscle

    archaic · dialectal · feminine · rare
  2. thigh (of a four-legged animal)

    archaic · dialectal · feminine · rare
  3. (human) buttock

    archaic · broadly · dialectal · feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin lacca (“swelling on the shinbone of cattle”).

noun/ˈlak.ka/
  1. varnish, lacquer

    archaic · dialectal · feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin lacca, of Arabic لَكّ (lakk), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

verb/ˈlak.ka/
  1. inflection of laccare: third-person singular present indicative

    archaic · dialectal · form-of · indicative · present · rare · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of laccare: second-person singular imperative

    archaic · dialectal · form-of · imperative · rare · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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