lúa

14th century. From Old Portuguese *lũa, from Latin lūna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɐ/

lúa f (plural lúas)

1. a moon or natural satellite of any planet
2. moonlight

   Synonym: luar

3. a lunar month

   Synonym: lunación

• luar

• Lúa

• “lua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “lua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

lúa

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlua/

lúa f (plural lúas)

1. (nautical) lee

From Proto-Vietic *ʔa-lɔːʔ (“paddy rice”). Compare Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects ló; cognate with Arem /alɑːˀ/.

According to Ferlus, it is a loanword from Old Chinese 稻 (OC *l'uːʔ) (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]

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [luə˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [luə˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [luə˦˥]

(classifier cây) lúa

1. rice (with seed still in stalk)
2. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) paddy; unhusked rice

   Synonym: thóc

• cơm
• gạo
• nếp