laki

laki

1. small

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

laki

1. squid

Likely from Middle Low German lake.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛaːʰt͡ʃɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰt͡ʃɪ

laki m (genitive singular laka, plural lakar)

1. brine, pickle

• saltlaki

• “lage” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

laki

1. A summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or trajectory.

• lakipiste
• suulaki

From Old Swedish lagh, compare Swedish lag.

laki

1. (countable) act (a specific legal statute, inferior to a constitution)
2. (countable) statute (written law, either a constitution or an act, as laid down by the legislature)
3. (uncountable) law (collection of acts, sense 1)

   lain mukaan

   by law

4. code (official collection of laws)

   Hammurabin laki

   code of Hammurabi

• As a legal statute in Finland, laki is superior to asetus and inferior to perustuslaki. Names of acts are decapitalised. The names of acts are either unhyphenated compounds, e.g. avioliittolaki 'the Marriage Act' (1929/234), or noun phrases consisting of the word laki and a subsequent elative qualifier (-sta/-stä), e.g. laki eräistä asbestipurkutyötä koskevista vaatimuksista 'the Act on Certain Requirements Concerning Asbestos Removal Work' (684/2015). The official names of legal statutes adopted in plenary session following the same, normal procedure include:

• laki 'act'
• kaari 'code' (e.g. oikeudenkäymiskaari 'the Code of Judicial Procedure')
• eduskunnan työjärjestys 'the Parliament's Rules of Procedure'

• adjectives: laillinen, laiton
• phrases: laki ja järjestys

• lainsäädäntö
• lainopillinen
• lainkuuliainen
• lainkäyttö
• lainmukainen
• lainvoima
• perustuslaki
• rikoslaki

• asetus
• luku
• pykälä
• momentti
• oikeus

• kali, lika

• Rhymes: -aːcɪ

laki

1. indefinite dative singular of lak

laki (plural laki-laki, first-person possessive lakiku, second-person possessive lakimu, third-person possessive lakinya)

1. husband

If reduplicated as laki-laki, it means male.

From Proto-Finnic *laki.

laki (genitive laen, partitive lakkiia)

1. ceiling

laki

1. (dialectal) husband

laki

1. male

laki

1. male carabao

• IPA^(key): /laki/

laki (plural laki-laki, informal first-person possessive lakiku, informal second-person possessive lakimu, third-person possessive lakinya)

1. husband

If reduplicated as laki-laki, it means male.

laki

1. west

-laki (infinitive kulaki)

1. to meet

Borrowed from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ).

laki

1. hundred thousand, lakh

laki

1. size