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Luka
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Appendix:Variations of "luka"
English
Etymology
From the common Slavic (en mk,ru,sh,uk -, etc) male given name sh Luka and from en mk,ru,uk Лука́, all cognates of en Luke and en Lucas.
Proper noun
en male Slavic languages modern.
en 1987 w: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
en Alicia Lee Netflix is finally letting you stop previews from automatically playing. Here’s how to do it w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/business/netflix-autoplay-previews-trnd 2020-02-06 The trailer for the documentary about killer Luka Magnotta doesn’t show anything graphic, but it contains clips of him handling kittens. The trailer goes on to explain that Magnotta gruesomely abuses these kittens. https://web.archive.org/web/20251220080237/https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/business/netflix-autoplay-previews-trnd
en mk,ru,uk Лука́ male given name.
See also
en Luca
en Banja Luka
Anagrams
en aklu Kalu Kula kula lauk
Atayal
Proper noun
tay proper noun
tay male
References
Finnish
Etymology
From the Slavic male given name Luka, most likely specifically from fi ru Лука́, cognate with en Luke and en Lucas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male Slavic languages modern
fi ru Лука́ male given name
Declension
Luk a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 3706 534 172 21 9
Anagrams
fi aklu alku kalu laku
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
Luke biblical character
2012 Baibala Hemolele, Kolosa 4:14 (tr. KJV Colossians 4:14):
haw Ke uwē aku nei iā ʻoukou ʻo Luka, ke kahuna lapaʻau punahele, a me Dema. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Luke book of the Bible
haw male the Bible Luke
haw female the Bible Ruth vernacular form of the biblical haw Ruta
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.
haw Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
zlw-ocs male
Declension
m.pr
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh grc Λουκᾶς.
Proper noun
m-an
sh male Greek Luke
Slovene
Pronunciation
Lúka
Proper noun
Lúka m-an
sl male Luke
Declension
Lúk 1 sg
Lúka Lúk 1 sg
Swahili
sw:Injili ya +
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Luka.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw biblical Luke book of the New Testament
See also
Tumbuka
Etymology
tum en Luke, from tum la Lūcās, from tum grc-koi Λουκᾶς.
Proper noun
tum proper noun
Luke
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
tum Q39939 tum book of the bible The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
References
Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
tum Biblical characters