different between luke vs leia

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lukewarm. Compare lew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k

Adjective

luke (not comparable)

1. (rare) lukewarm
   • 1881, Ælfric, trans. Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric’s Lives of Saints, page 249:

     Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill,
     cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself
     in the luke water, and turned from his companions;
     but he died as soon as he touched the water,
     and the warmness was turned into death to him […]

   • 1983, C. Darrel Sheraw, Lou Horton, and Bill Durbin, The Call Duck Breed Book, page 106:

     Secondly, fresh, preferably luke to warm water must be provided in waterers every day to avoid dehydration, weakening and ‘going light’. […] Warm to luke water is given in waterers as an alternative because all fowl drink more water if it is not excessively cold, […]

   • 2016, Ankur and Vandana Mehrotra, You Can Do It: Find Answers to All Your Questions on How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Now:

     Same time, if you put the other hand in cold water and then in luke water, you will feel luke warm water is hot.

Anagrams

• leku, leuk-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb lukke

Noun

luke f or m (definite singular luka or luken, indefinite plural luker, definite plural lukene)

1. a small door (including on an Advent calendar)
2. a hatch
3. a window (e.g. ticket window)
4. a gap, space, slot, opening

Derived terms

• bakluke
• takluke

References

• “luke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the verb lukke

Noun

luke f (definite singular luka, indefinite plural luker, definite plural lukene)

1. a small door (including on an Advent calendar)
2. a hatch
3. a window (e.g. ticket window)
4. a gap, space, slot, opening

Derived terms

• bakluke
• takluke

References

• “luke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Noun

luke (plural lukes)

1. Alternative form of luik

Verb

luke (third-person singular present lukes, present participle lukin, past lukit, past participle lukit)

1. Alternative form of luik

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

luke (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of luka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Noun

luke

1. inflection of luka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Estonian

Verb

leia

1. present indicative connegative of leidma
2. second-person singular imperative of leidma

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

leia (present tense leiar or leier, past tense leia or leidde, past participle leia, leidd or leitt, passive infinitive leiast, present participle leiande, imperative lei)

1. Alternative form of leie

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• lea, l?a

Etymology

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjan?.

Verb

l?ia

1. to laugh
2. to smile

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: le

Portuguese

Verb

leia

1. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ler
2. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ler
3. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ler
4. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of ler

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) lia
• (Sursilvan) ligia

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

leia f (plural leias)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) league