luna
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna (plural lunas)
- (entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
- 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five,[1] Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:
- “Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”
- 1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64:
- On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
- 2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 348:
- Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.
- 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five,[1] Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:
- (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.][1]
- 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:
- The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]
- 1917, John F. Sullivan, The Externals of the Catholic Church, BiblioLife, LLC, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 115–116:
- This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] ¶ […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] ¶ […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]
- 2007, John Trigilio; Kenneth Brighenti, The Catholicism Answer Book: The 300 Most Frequently Asked Questions, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 156:
- The luna, which is a piece of glass in the shape of a moon, contains the Blessed Sacrament, previously consecrated. The luna is then placed in the middle of the sunburst of the monstrance.
- 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”).[2]
NounEdit
luna (plural luna or lunas)
- (Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
- 1922, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, Volume 91, Number 6 (June 1922) page 130:
- There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers.
- 1959, James Michener, Hawaii[2], Fawcett Crest, published 1986, →ISBN, page 737:
- […] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]
- 2000, Sally Engle Merry, Colonizing Hawai'i: the cultural power of law, page 321:
- After the day was over I went to the luna to count my day but he would not. Then I went to him the second time and he said he would not put it down.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 35:
- Capital punishment was outlawed by the government but some plantation managers and luna still delivered lashings and other forms of abuse.
- 1922, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, Volume 91, Number 6 (June 1922) page 130:
Usage notesEdit
- This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “luna” in Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum (editors), An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, Church Publishing, Inc. (2000), →ISBN.
- ^ 1986, Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian, revised and enlarged edition (University of Hawaii Press)
AnagramsEdit
AragoneseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f (plural lunas)
ReferencesEdit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “luna”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: lu‧nâ
NounEdit
luna
- one's proper place under the sun
- Balik sa imong luna aron walay gubot.
- Return to your proper place to avoid trouble.
- room, accommodation
- May luna pa ba ko sa kinabuhi mo?
- Is there still room for me in your life?
VerbEdit
luna
- pahi~ - to put things in order
- Palad ang mipahiluna nga magkita sila.
- It was arranged by fate that they meet.
ChavacanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).
NounEdit
luna
CorsicanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f
ReferencesEdit
- “luna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Czech luna, from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Cognates include Latin lūna, Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos), Old Prussian lauxnos and Middle Irish luan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
luna (accusative singular lunan, plural lunaj, accusative plural lunajn)
FalaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural lunas)
ReferencesEdit
Franco-ProvençalEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
luna (plural lunas)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).
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PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural lune)
- (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite
- Synonym: satellite naturale
- (archaic, literary) a month, moon
- 1321, Dante Alighieri; Umberto Bosco, Giovanni Reggio, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell][4], 12th edition, Firenze: Le Monnier, published 1994, →ISBN, Canto XXXIII, lines 22, 25-26, page 490:
- Breve pertugio dentro da la Muda, ¶ […] ¶ m'avea mostrato per lo suo forame ¶ più lune già, quand'io feci 'l mal sonno […]
- «A narrow perforation in the mew, ¶ […] ¶ had shown me through its opening ¶ many moons already, when I dreamed the evil dream […]
- (archaic, figurative, by extension) a time of the year
- (alchemy) silver
- (heraldry) a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)
Derived termsEdit
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AnagramsEdit
LadinoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f (Latin spelling, plural lunas)
ReferencesEdit
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Lūna (for the sense "the Moon")
EtymologyEdit
From Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лѹна (luna).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫ̪uːnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.na/, [ˈluːnä]
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NounEdit
lūna f (genitive lūnae); first declension
- the Moon
- (figuratively) moonlight, moon shine
- (figuratively) a month
- (figuratively) a night
- a crescent shape
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lūna | lūnae |
| Genitive | lūnae | lūnārum |
| Dative | lūnae | lūnīs |
| Accusative | lūnam | lūnās |
| Ablative | lūnā | lūnīs |
| Vocative | lūna | lūnae |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
- the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
- the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
- “luna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “luna”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
LinduEdit
NounEdit
luna
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
luna (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lune
ReferencesEdit
- “luna, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
NeapolitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural lune)
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan luna, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural lunas)
Old CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f (poetic)
DescendantsEdit
- Czech: luna
ReferencesEdit
- “luna”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).
NounEdit
luna
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk-. Doublet of łuna (“glow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f
DeclensionEdit
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Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna
- definite nominative/accusative singular of lună: the moon, the month
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
NounEdit
luna f (plural lunas)
ReferencesEdit
- “luna” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *luna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lúna f (Cyrillic spelling лу́на)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “luna” in Hrvatski jezični portal
SicilianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural luni)
Derived termsEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (genitive singular luny, nominative plural luny, genitive plural lún, declension pattern of žena)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- luna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lúna f
InflectionEdit
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | lúna | ||
| gen. sing. | lúne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
lúna | lúni | lúne |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
lúne | lún | lún |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
lúni | lúnama | lúnam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
lúno | lúni | lúne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
lúni | lúnah | lúnah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
lúno | lúnama | lúnami |
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lúa, Portuguese lua, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Occitan luna and Romanian lună.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
luna f (plural lunas)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “luna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014