Proto-Basque: *leka
Meaning: 1 pod, husk 2 sheath (for knife)
Bizkaian: leka 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: leka 1
High Navarrese: leka 1
Low Navarrese: leka 1
Lapurdian: leka 1
Zuberoan: leka 1
Roncalese: leka 1
Comments: Some (e.g. Trask 1997: 308) derive *leka < Lat. thè„ca 'case, envelope'. Some Bsq dialects have teka (BZK), theka (BNV,ZBR) 'pod, husk'. Possibly both words, of distinct origin, have partially merged.
