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lúa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

Galician

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Lúa

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lūna. Compare Portuguese lua and Spanish luna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlua/ [ˈlu.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Hyphenation: lú‧a

Noun

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lúa f (plural lúas)

  1. the Moon
    Synonym: Lúa
  2. a moon or natural satellite of any planet
  3. moonlight
    Synonym: luar
  4. a lunar month
    Synonym: lunación
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Icelandic

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Noun

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lúa

  1. indefinite accusative singular of lúi
  2. indefinite dative singular of lúi
  3. indefinite genitive singular of lúi

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlua/ [ˈlu.a]
  • Rhymes: -ua
  • Syllabification: lú‧a

Noun

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lúa f (plural lúas)

  1. (nautical) lee

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Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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  • (North Central Vietnam) ló (no diphthongization)

Etymology

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From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ (“paddy rice”). Cognate with Arem alɑːˀ.

According to Ferlus, it is a loanword from Old Chinese 稻 (OC *[l]ˤuʔ) (B-S) (SV: đạo), in turn related to Proto-Mon-Khmer *sruʔ (“paddy rice”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₂rawʔ ~ *t₂raaw() (“taro”). Ferlus reasons that the two different plants share the same ecological farming niche, thus facilitating semantic shift from "taro" to "rice".[1] Shorto notes a dubious connection between Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ and Proto-Mon-Khmer *s-ruʔ (“paddy”).[2]

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Noun

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(classifier cây) lúa • (穭, 𧀦, 魯)

  1. rice (with seed still in stalk)
  2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) paddy; unhusked rice
    Synonym: thóc
  3. (slang) money
    Tuần này hết lúa rồi, mượn gì thì để sau.
    I'm broke this week, come back later if you want to borrow (some bucks).

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Adjective

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lúa

  1. Short for hai lúa (“rustic; bumpkinish”).
    1. unrefined; rather plain; shabby
      Đúng là nhìn hơi lúa, mà vẫn bán hàng ầm ầm...
      It really does look shabby, but it's still selling wildly...
      Chàng trai 30 tuổi nhìn hơi lúa hứa sẽ không để bạn gái chịu khổ.
      The guy is thirty years old, looks rather plain, and promises not to let his girlfriend suffer.
    2. rather cheap; low quality
      Kem hộp màu vàng, nhựa rẻ tiền, nhìn hơi lúa...
      The cream is in a yellow pack, cheap plastic, looks rather low quality...

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  1. ^ Ferlus, Michel. “The Austroasiatic Vocabulary for Rice: its Origin and Expansion.” Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 3.2 (2010), 61-76.
  2. ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. Entry 187. p. 111
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