lua
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
lua
Dibabawon ManoboEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.
NounEdit
lùà
FijianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Central-Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq (compare Malay luah).
VerbEdit
lua
- to vomit
GalicianEdit
NounEdit
lua f (plural luas)
- Alternative form of lúa
Further readingEdit
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese lua. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lua.
NounEdit
lua
HawaiianEdit
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Cardinal : lua | ||
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
lua
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (compare Malay lubang).
NounEdit
lua
Hawaiian CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lua
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
DeterminerEdit
lua
- 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
IlocanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.
NounEdit
luá
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
lua m (genitive singular as substantive lua, genitive as verbal noun luaite)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- As verbal noun
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
- ardlua (“citation”)
ReferencesEdit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “lua” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “lua” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese lua.
NounEdit
lua
KapampanganEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.
NounEdit
lua
NiuatoputapuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Latin lūna.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lua f (plural luas)
PangasinanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luá
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna (“moon”), from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Cognate with Galician lúa, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian, Occitan, and Spanish luna and Romanian lună.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lua f (plural luas)
- (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
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
PukapukanEdit
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Cardinal : lua Ordinal : lua | ||
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua
Derived termsEdit
- tokalua (“pair, partner, couple”)
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, doublet of *lubaŋ and *ʀuqaŋ.
NounEdit
lua
- hole, pit, cave
- Te lua nā i te tongi ma te wōwonu.
- That hole is big and deep.
- tomb, grave
- path of the sun across the sky, thought of as a hole.
Derived termsEdit
- lualua (“full of holes”)
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- luva (regional, Banat)
EtymologyEdit
From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”), present active infinitive of levō. Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Portuguese levar, 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.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | a lua | ||||||
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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
SamoanEdit
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Cardinal : lua | ||
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ.
NounEdit
lua
TokelauanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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Cardinal : lua | ||
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Samoan lua.
VerbEdit
lua
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Samoan lua.
NounEdit
lua
Etymology 3Edit
From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Tongan lua and Samoan lua.
VerbEdit
lua
- (intransitive) to vomit
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 195
TuvaluanEdit
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Cardinal : lua | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua
WallisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
NumeralEdit
lua