luka

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meaning

hand, arm, tactile limb, grasping limb; to grasp, interact with, feel using touch; (number) five

see also

noka

semantic space · lipamanka

luka is an organ capable of manipulation, or a part of said organ. For example, an arm is a luka, and so is a hand, fingers, even elbows. The main part is that it interacts with other things. If a cat's paw is swiping at me, I might use luka to describe it, but if it's just walking on it I might not (see: noka), but I still could. So, it's possible for one organ to be both a luka and something else in different contexts. The prehensile tails of some monkeys could be luka too, especially while they're using them, but the only thing something needs in order to be a luka is an innate ability to interact with objects. luka can also be used as a verb to refer to this interaction with its direct object, which could be touching, petting, pressing, pulling, holding, hugging, grasping, playing an instrument, etc. I'm sure you can thing of other things it could mean! luka is also commonly used to describe talking using a signed language.

ku translations

hand100 arm68 five64 wrist50 touch33 palm32 handful29 gesture27 tap26 elbow25 reach25

pu verbatim

  • NOUN arm, hand, tactile organ
  • NUMBER five

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Serbo-Croatian · рука ruka ‘hand, arm’

coined by jan Sonja

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kala Asi

jan Lakuse

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luka

pictogram of a hand

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luka pona

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