köken: From Middle High German lücke, lucke, from Old High German luccha, probably originally referring to a closable opening. Doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Luke (“hatch”), and see the former for more. Related to English lacuna.
köken: From the verb bucare, from buca, or from either Old Frankish *būk (“cavity, stomach”) or Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*būks), both from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, torso”). Compare Occitan/Catalan buc ("torso; cow's chest"). More at bouk.
Cumpanzeddu camminava, povera bestia, ma oramai le sue zampe non lasciavano che buchi bianchi sulla neve bianca.
[Il gufo] s’è fatto un occhio nero nel tentativo di centrare, volando al buio un po’ alticcio, il buco nell’albero dove abita.
vacuum, void, emptiness · interstellar space · gap in space or time (an opening made by breaking or parting, allowing passage, or implying a breach or defect)
çekim: çoğul κενά · tamlayan κενού
köken: Nominalization of adjective κενός (empty, vain)
hole, gap, opening · aperture · hole (lack of an electron)
çekim: çoğul aukot · tamlayan aukon
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aukko (compare Estonian auk, Votic aukko), either derived from the same root as avata, aukea, or alternatively proposed to be a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”).
lacuna · a space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light. · an absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
çekim: çoğul lakuna-lakuna
köken: Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”).