luukku

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish luka (standard Swedish lucka).

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkːu/, [ˈluːkːu]
• Rhymes: -uːkːu
• Syllabification^(key): luuk‧ku

luukku

1. hatch, window, pass through (opening in a wall at window height for serving food or other items)

   Kokki ojensi annokset tarjoiluluukun kautta.

   The cook passed the dishes through the serving hatch.

2. hatch (small door for maintenance in large mechanical structure)

   Synonym: huoltoluukku

3. hatch, trapdoor, trap (horizontal door in a floor or ceiling)
4. hatch, scuttle (opening that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building)

   kattoluukku ― roof hatch

5. (nautical) hatch, scuttle (opening through the deck of a ship or submarine)

   Sulkekaa luukut! ― Close the hatches!

6. door (flap that acts like a door)

   käkikellon luukku ― cuckoo clock door

7. slot (narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially one with a hinged cover)

   postiluukku ― mail slot

8. (construction) outlet, vent (vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something)

   savunpoistoluukku ― smoke outlet

9. wicket, window (service window, as in a bank or train station)

   lippuluukku ― ticket window

10. drop (trapdoor in a gallows)
11. (slang) fence (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, place of this activity)

    Synonyms: välittäjä, (colloquial) jobbari

12. (colloquial, often derogatory) Clipping of postiluukku.

• “luukku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03