lakuna

Finnish

Noun

lakuna

1. essive singular of laku

Anagrams

• alkuna, kaluna, kaulan, laukan

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English raccoon.

Noun

lakuna

1. raccoon

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /laˈkuna/ [laˈku.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: la‧ku‧na

Noun

lakuna (plural lakuna-lakuna)

1. lacuna
   1. (anatomy) a small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
   2. a space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
   3. (linguistics) an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.

Further reading

• “lakuna”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Maltese

Etymology

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Italian lacunabor.

Maltese lakuna

Borrowed from Italian lacuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈkuː.na/
• Rhymes: -uːna

Noun

lakuna f (plural lakuni)

1. gap, lacuna