lura

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɾa/ [ˈlu.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: lu‧ra

Dissimillation of lula, probably a back formation from an earlier *loliin, from Latin lōllīginem (“squid, cuttlefish”).^[1]

• lula

lura f (plural luras)

1. squid (Loligo vulgaris)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra

     Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of Baillon's wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound

2. (derogatory, dated) fisherman
3. (mildly derogatory) a stingy person

From Paleo-Hispanic *lour-, *lōr-, *lūr-.^[2]

lura f (plural luras)

1. den
2. (figurative) nostril, nose, mucus

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Compare Proto-Basque *lur (“earth, land, ground”), possibly cognate Basque lur

lura

1. land
2. ground

   bai luŕa leguś ik

   this land is truly my property

• Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

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lūra f (genitive lūrae); first declension

1. sack, bag
2. (figuratively) belly, paunch

First-declension noun.

• “lura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "lura", 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)
• lura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Univerbation of il- +‎ wara, literally “the back”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ra/

lura

1. backwards

   Synonym: waranijiet

2. back
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 19:26:

     U l-mara ta’ Lot ħarset lura, minn warajh, u saret plier tal-melħ.

     New International Version translation: But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 8:3:

     U l-ilmijiet bdew rieġgħa lura minn fuq l-art, u baqgħu sejrin lura sakemm naqsu għalkollox wara mija u ħamsin jum.

     New International Version translation: The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,

lura (invariable)

1. backward

• lure

From Middle Low German luren.

• IPA^(key): /²lʉːrɑ/

lura (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

• “lura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Lure, from Middle High German lūre, from Latin lōra/lōrea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: lu‧ra

lura f (diminutive lurka)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) weak drink (especially coffee or tea); dishwater

   Synonym: siki

2. (colloquial) thin soup

• lura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Middle Low German luren. Cognate with English lour.

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːra

lura (present lurar, preterite lurade, supine lurat, imperative lura)

1. to trick, to fool, to deceive, to lure

   Han lurade mig!

   He tricked me!

   bli lurad på pengar

   be cheated out of money

   lura på någon något

   trick someone into accepting something (they do not want)

   April april, din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart jag vill!

   April April, you stupid herring, I can trick you [to] wherever I want! [or "lure you wherever I want," but "lura" has a less sinister tone of trick/fool in Swedish] [a rhyme used like "April Fools!"]

2. to lurk, to lie in wait

   Lejonet lurade på ett byte

   The lion stalked its prey ("The lion was lurking on a prey," as in waiting to ambush)

   Står du här inne och lurar?

   Are you lurking in here? (more general "hang out somewhere in a somewhat secretive way" sense, like in English)

3. (with på) to wonder, to ponder

   Vad lurar du på?

   What are you thinking about?

   Jag lurar på vad jag ska äta till middag

   I'm wondering/thinking about what to eat for dinner

4. (usually with till) to doze off

• bedra

• lur
• luras
• lurig

• lura in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈɾaʔ/ [lʊˈɾaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧ra

lurâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ)

1. alternative form of dura