lúa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

Galician

Lúa

Alternative forms

• lua (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lūna. Compare Portuguese lua and Spanish luna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlua/ [ˈlu.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: lú‧a

Noun

lúa f (plural lúas)

1. the Moon

   Synonym: Lúa

2. a moon or natural satellite of any planet
3. moonlight

   Synonym: luar

4. a lunar month

   Synonym: lunación

Related terms

• luar
• lueiro

See also

• Lúa

References

• “lu_a” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “lua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lũa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “lua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Icelandic

Noun

lúa

1. indefinite accusative singular of lúi
2. indefinite dative singular of lúi
3. indefinite genitive singular of lúi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlua/ [ˈlu.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: lú‧a

Noun

lúa f (plural lúas)

1. (nautical) lee

Further reading

• “lúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) ló

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ (“paddy rice”). Cognate with Arem alɑːˀ.

According to Ferlus, it is a loanword from Old Chinese 稻 (OC *[l]ˤuʔ) (B-S) (SV: đạo), in turn related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *sruʔ (“paddy rice”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂rawʔ ~ *t₂raaw() (“taro”). Ferlus reasons that the two different plants share the same ecological farming niche, thus facilitating semantic shift from "taro" to "rice". Shorto notes a dubious connection between Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ and Proto-Mon-Khmer *s-ruʔ (“paddy”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [luə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [luə˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [luə˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) lúa • (穭, 𧀦)

1. rice (with seed still in stalk)
2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) paddy; unhusked rice

   Synonym: thóc

3. (slang) money

   Tuần này hết lúa rồi, mượn gì thì để sau.

   I'm broke this week, come back later if you want to borrow (some bucks).

See also

• cơm; gạo; nếp

Derived terms

• hai lúa
• hết lúa
• lúa cấy
• lúa chét
• lúa Chiêm
• lúa đông-xuân
• lúa hè-thu
• lúa lốc
• lúa ma
• lúa má
• lúa mạch
• lúa mì
• lúa nổi
• lúa nước
• lúa nương
• lúa rẫy
• lúa sạ
• lúa sớm
• lúa thu
• lúa trời
• lúa xuân
• lúa xuân-hè
• quạt lúa
• thóc lúa
• vựa lúa
• xôi lúa

 

Adjective

lúa

1. Short for hai lúa (“rustic; bumpkinish”).
   1. unrefined; rather plain; shabby

      Đúng là nhìn hơi lúa, mà vẫn bán hàng ầm ầm...

      It really does look shabby, but it's still selling wildly...

      Chàng trai 30 tuổi nhìn hơi lúa hứa sẽ không để bạn gái chịu khổ.

      The guy is thirty years old, looks rather plain, and promises not to let his girlfriend suffer.

   2. rather cheap; low quality

      Kem hộp màu vàng, nhựa rẻ tiền, nhìn hơi lúa...

      The cream is in a yellow pack, cheap plastic, looks rather low quality...