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lua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

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Dibabawon ManoboEdit

NounEdit

lùà

  1. tear; teardrop

FijianEdit

Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese lua. Cognates with Kabuverdianu lua.

NounEdit

lua

  1. moon

HawaiianEdit

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From lu +‎ -a.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

lua

  1. Third-person singular possessive pronoun for non-subject referents of any gender; his, her or its; their (singular).

Usage notesEdit

Lua is widely used in Ido, and not exclusively when a gendered possessive determiner is inappropriate, but also in order to avoid repetition depending on the user's preferences.

HyponymsEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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NounEdit

lua m (genitive singular as substantive lua, genitive as verbal noun luaite)

  1. verbal noun of luaigh
  2. mention; citation, reference

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lua

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative lua
Vocative a lua
Genitive lua
Dative lua

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an lua
Genitive an lua
Dative leis an lua

don lua

As verbal noun
Declension of lua

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative lua
Vocative a lua
Genitive luaite
Dative lua

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an lua
Genitive an luaite
Dative leis an lua

don lua

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

KabuverdianuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese lua.

NounEdit

lua

  1. moon

NiuatoputapuEdit

OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan, from Latin lūna.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lua f (plural luas)

  1. (Gascony) moon

PortugueseEdit

 
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lua

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna (“moon”), from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lowksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Cognate with Galician lúa, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Occitan luna, Romanian lună and Spanish luna.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lua f (plural luas)

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
    Hoje, a lua está muito brilhante.
    The moon is very bright tonight.
  2. (astronomy) moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
    Marte tem duas luas, Fobos e Deimos.
    Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (regional, Banat) luva

EtymologyEdit

From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”), present active infinitive of levō. Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Neapolitan luvà. The loss of the initial -l- in some forms of the verb also occurs in such words as ierta, iepure, etc. Compare also Vulgar Latin *ablevāre, whence possibly Friulian jevâ, Albanian blej.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

a lua (third-person singular present ia, past participle luat) 1st conj.

  1. To take.
    Aș dori să iau prânzul cu tine.
    I would like to have lunch with you.
    Ia-mă cu tine.
    Take me with you.

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of lua (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive a lua
gerund luând
past participle luat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present iau iei ia luăm luați iau
imperfect luam luai lua luam luați luau
simple perfect luai luași luă luarăm luarăți luară
pluperfect luasem luaseși luase luaserăm luaserăți luaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să iau să iei să ia să luăm să luați să ia
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative ia luați
negative nu lua nu luați

Derived termsEdit

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