lúa

• lua (reintegrationist)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlua/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: lú‧a

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

• luar
• lueiro

• Lúa

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lu_a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lũa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

lúa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlua/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: lú‧a

lúa f (plural lúas)

1. (nautical) lee

• “lúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• (North Central Vietnam) ló (no diphthongization)

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

According to Ferlus, it is a loanword from Old Chinese 稻 (OC *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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(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).

• cơm; gạo; nếp

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...