leku

Leku is a Basque noun meaning "place" or "location." It is used to refer to a specific site, a position within a space, or a region in both physical and metaphorical senses. In everyday Basque, leku can designate any place under discussion, from a geographic site to a local area.

In linguistic terms, leku is a core element in Basque vocabulary for talking about space. Basque is a language isolate, and leku belongs to its native lexicon rather than being borrowed from neighboring languages. The word is widely attested in Basque dictionaries and literature and serves as a foundational term for discussing geography, space, and locality within the language.

Leku also plays a prominent role in Basque toponymy, where it appears as a building block in place names and descriptive geographic terms. As a common referent for location, it can be combined with other elements to form compound expressions that convey features of a site or its relative position. In academic and cultural discussions about Basque space and landscape, leku is frequently used to describe how Basque communities conceptualize and name places.

See also: Basque language, toponymy, place names, linguistic geography.