Mêtî

Luke

(Îngilîzî)

hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)

Pircarînî

B1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈluːkə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lūke, from Old Saxon lūkan (“to close”). Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and, more distantly, doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”); see the former for more.

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