lua

lua

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Luba-Kasai.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Luba-Kasai terms

lua m

1. alternative form of luan (Gheg)

lua

1. two

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

lùà

1. tear; teardrop

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).

lua

1. to vomit

lua f (plural luas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of lúa

• “lua” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Portuguese lua. Cognate with Kabuverdianu lua.

lua

1. moon

Hawaiian numbers ^(edit)

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Base form: lua     Cardinal: ʻelua     Ordinal: lua     Distributive: pālua     Fractional: hapalua

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.a/, [ˈlu.wə]

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.

lua

1. two
2. second
3. double

lua

1. duplicate
2. companion
3. a traditional Hawaiian type of fighting

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Polynesian [Term?] (compare with Maori rua),^[1] from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ (compare Malay luang (“gap”) and lubang (“hole”), Tagalog luwang (“vast space”)) or *liaŋ (compare with Malay liang (“pore”)).^[2]

lua

1. pit, hole
2. toilet

• ʻālualua (“full of holes”)
• kālua (“bake in a pit”, verb)
• mālua (“depression”)

From Hawaiian lua (“toilet”).

• IPA^(key): /lua/

lua

1. toilet, restroom

   You get one lua?

   Do you have a restroom?

From lu +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.a/

lua

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

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.

• elua
• ilua
• olua

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

luá

1. tear; teardrop

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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

As verbal noun

• ardlua (“citation”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lua”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lua”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lua”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

From Portuguese lua.

lua

1. moon

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luhəq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSəq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwaʔ/ [ˈlwäʔ]
• Hyphenation: lua

luâ

1. tear; teardrop

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.

lua

1. two

• luna

From Old Occitan, from Latin lūna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈly.o]
• (Aranese) IPA^(key): [ˈly.a]

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lua f (plural luas)

1. (Gascony) moon

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luheq, from Proto-Austronesian *luSeq.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwa/, [ˈlwa]

luá

1. tear; teardrop

• luma (Northeast Brazil)
• lũa (archaic, dialectal)

Inherited from Old Galician-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, Spanish, Italian, and Occitan luna, Catalan lluna, French lune, and Romanian lună.

• Homophone: Lua
• Rhymes: -uɐ
• Hyphenation: lu‧a

lua f (plural luas)

1. (astronomy) moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

   Marte tem duas luas, Fobos e Deimos. ― Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

Pukapukan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lua     Ordinal : lua

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

lua

1. two
2. second

• tokalua (“pair, partner, couple”)

From Proto-Polynesian *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ, doublet of *lubaŋ and *ʀuqaŋ.

lua

1. hole, pit, cave

   Te lua nā i te tongi ma te wōwonu.

   That hole is big and deep.

2. tomb, grave
3. path of the sun across the sky, thought of as a hole.

• lualua (“full of holes”)

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

• luva — regional, Banat

From older luva, from Latin levāre (“to lift”). Compare Aromanian ljeau, loari, Dalmatian levur, Spanish llevar, 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwa/, (prescribed but uncommon) /luˈa/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: lu‧a

a lua (third-person singular present ia, past participle luat, third-person subjunctive ia or (regional) ieie) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive, informal) synonym of cumpăra (“to buy”)

   Ce vrei să-ți iau de la magazin?

   What do you want me to buy you from the store?

3. (intransitive) to take (to use up time)

   Cât îți ia să ajungi?

   How long does it take you to arrive?

4. (transitive) to pass an examination
5. (transitive, of mental or physical states, informal) to come upon somebody

   Mă ia tristețea când mă gândesc la asta.

   I get sad (literally, “sadness comes upon me”) when I think about it.

   Pe mulți îi ia strănutul când intră în atelierul de vopseluri.

   Many start sneezing (literally, “sneeze comes upon many”) when they enter the paint workshop.

6. (transitive) to approach or act towards a person or a situation in a certain way

   a (o) lua încet/ușor (pe cineva)

   to go easy/slowly (on someone)

   a lua la bătaie ― to give a beating

   a lua în serios ― to take seriously

   De ce mă iei așa acuzator?

   Why are you acting so accusatory towards me?

7. (with placeholder o) to go, head, take to, move

   a o lua la vale ― to (inertly) go downhill

   o lua înainte ― to go ahead, in advance

   După ce-ajungi în intersecție, trebuie s-o iei la stânga.

   After reaching the intersection, you must head left.

8. (reflexive) to follow someone, often covertly [with după]
9. (reflexive) to take after someone (follow someone’s example) [with după]
10. (reflexive) to be caught up, occupied [with cu]

    Mă luasem cu altele și am uitat.

    I’d got caught up in other things and forgot.

11. (reflexive, colloquial) to pick on someone [with de]

• (pass): promova (formal)
• (come upon): apuca
• (head): se îndrepta
• (take after): urma

• “lua”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Samoan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lua

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.

lua

1. two

From Proto-Polynesian *lua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ.

lua

1. hole, pit

• rijoi

From Proto-Austroasiatic *lwa(ː)ʔ.

• IPA^(key): /luaː/
• IPA^(key): /loaː/

lua

1. fig tree

• Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlu.a]
• Hyphenation: lu‧a

Tokelauan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lua

From Proto-Polynesian *rua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaŋ. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Samoan lua.

lua

1. (stative) to be two

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Hawaiian lua and Samoan lua.

lua

1. hole, pit

From Proto-Polynesian *lua. Cognates include Tongan lua and Samoan lua.

lua

1. (intransitive) to vomit

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 195

Tuvaluan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : lua

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.

lua

1. two

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.

lua

1. two