luna

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See also: Luna, lunã, lună, luną, lůna, łuna, łuną, łúna, and Łuna

English[edit]

WOTD – 28 December 2012

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna (plural lunas)

  1. (entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
    • 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five‎[1], Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:
      “Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”
    • 1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64:
      On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
    • 2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 348:
      Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.
  2. (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.][1]
    • 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:
      The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]
    • 1917, John F. Sullivan, The Externals of the Catholic Church, BiblioLife, LLC, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 115–116:
      This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]
    • 2007, John Trigilio, Kenneth Brighenti, The Catholicism Answer Book: The 300 Most Frequently Asked Questions, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 156:
      The luna, which is a piece of glass in the shape of a moon, contains the Blessed Sacrament, previously consecrated. The luna is then placed in the middle of the sunburst of the monstrance.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”).[2]

Noun[edit]

luna (plural luna or lunas)

  1. (Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
    • 1922 June, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, volume 91, number 6, page 130:
      There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers.
    • 1959, James Michener, Hawaii‎[2], Fawcett Crest, published 1986, →ISBN, page 737:
      […] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]
    • 2000, Sally Engle Merry, Colonizing Hawai'i: the cultural power of law, page 321:
      After the day was over I went to the luna to count my day but he would not. Then I went to him the second time and he said he would not put it down.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 35:
      Capital punishment was outlawed by the government but some plantation managers and luna still delivered lashings and other forms of abuse.
Usage notes[edit]
  • This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “luna” in Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum (editors), An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church: A User-Friendly Reference for Episcopalians, Church Publishing, Inc. (2000), →ISBN.
  2. ^ 1986, Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian, revised and enlarged edition (University of Hawaii Press)

Anagrams[edit]

Aragonese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lunas)

  1. moon

References[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cf. Malay duma

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: lu‧nâ

Noun[edit]

luna

  1. one's proper place under the sun
    Balik sa imong luna aron walay gubot.
    Return to your proper place to avoid trouble.
  2. room, accommodation
    May luna pa ba ko sa kinabuhi mo?
    Is there still room for me in your life?

Verb[edit]

luna

  1. pahi~ - to put things in order
    Palad ang mipahiluna nga magkita sila.
    It was arranged by fate that they meet.

Chavacano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Spanish luna (“moon”).

Noun[edit]

luna

  1. moon

Corsican[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun[edit]

luna f

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • “luna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech luna, from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Cognates include Latin lūna, Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos), Old Prussian lauxnos and Middle Irish luan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f

  1. (poetic) moon
    Synonym: měsíc

Declension[edit]

Declension of luna (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative luna luny
genitive luny lun
dative luně lunám
accusative lunu luny
vocative luno luny
locative luně lunách
instrumental lunou lunami

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • luna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • luna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • luna in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From luno (“moon”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

luna (accusative singular lunan, plural lunaj, accusative plural lunajn)

  1. (astronomy) lunar

Fala[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lunas)

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun[edit]

luna f

  1. moon

Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna (plural lunas)

  1. moon

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lune)

  1. (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite
    Synonym: satellite naturale
  2. (archaic, literary) a month, moon
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[4], lines 22, 25–27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[5], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Breve pertugio dentro da la Muda,
      […]
      m’avea mostrato per lo suo forame
      più lune già, quand’io feci ’l mal sonno
      che del futuro mi squarciò ’l velame
      "A narrow opening in the mew had already shown me many moons through its hole, when I dreamed the evil dream that tore apart the veil of the future for me."
  3. (archaic, figurative, by extension) a time of the year
  4. (alchemy) silver
  5. (heraldry) a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)

Derived terms[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Ladino[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun[edit]

luna f (Latin spelling, plural lunas)

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 332

Latin[edit]

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lūna (the Moon)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Lūna (for the sense "the Moon" and the goddess)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лꙋна (luna).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lūna f (genitive lūnae); first declension

  1. (astronomy) a moon
  2. (figuratively) moonlight, moon shine
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.697:
      lūna fuit: spectant iuvenem gladiōsque recondunt
      There was moonlight: They look upon the young man, and sheathe their swords
  3. (figuratively) a month
  4. (figuratively) a night
  5. a crescent shape
  6. (alchemy, chemistry) silver

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūna lūnae
Genitive lūnae lūnārum
Dative lūnae lūnīs
Accusative lūnam lūnās
Ablative lūnā lūnīs
Vocative lūna lūnae

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan-Romance:
    • Aromanian: lunã
    • Istro-Romanian: lurĕ
    • Romanian: lună
  • Southern Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Navarro-Aragonese:
    • Old Leonese:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: lũa
      • Galician: lúa, Lúa
      • Portuguese: lua, Lua (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Spanish:
      • Spanish: luna (see there for further descendants)
      • Ladino: luna
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Dalmatian: loina
  • Non-Romance:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • luna 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)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
    • the moon waxes, wanes: luna crescit; decrescit, senescit
  • “luna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “luna”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Lindu[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna

  1. pillow

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of lune

References[edit]

Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin lūna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈluna/
    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈluːnɐ]
    • (Central Apulia) IPA(key): [ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈləʉnə]
    • (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA(key): [ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈlʊːnə] IPA(key): [ˈlyːnə ⁓ ˈliːnə]

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lune)

  1. moon

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 361: “la luna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Occitan[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan luna, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lunas)

  1. moon

Old Czech[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • łuna (alternative writing)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f (poetic)

  1. moon
    Synonym: měsiec
  2. glow; light beam
    luna měsiečná
    moonbeam

Declension[edit]

Declension of luna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative luna luně luny
genitive luny lunú lun
dative luně lunama lunám
accusative lunu luně luny
vocative luno luně luny
locative luně lunú lunách
instrumental lunú lunama lunami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).

Noun[edit]

luna

  1. moon
  2. month

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin lūna. Doublet of łuna and Roksana.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

luna f

  1. (archaic, poetic) moon
    Synonyms: księżyc, miesiąc

Declension[edit]

Declension of luna
singular plural
nominative luna luny
genitive luny lun
dative lunie lunom
accusative lunę luny
instrumental luną lunami
locative lunie lunach
vocative luno luny

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • luna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.na/
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: lu‧na

Noun[edit]

luna

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lună: the moon, the month

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lunas)

  1. moon

References[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lúna f (Cyrillic spelling лу́на)

  1. moon
    Synonym: mesec/misec/mjesec

Declension[edit]

Declension of luna
singular plural
nominative luna lune
genitive lune luna
dative luni lunama
accusative lunu lune
vocative luno lune
locative luni lunama
instrumental lunom lunama

References[edit]

  • “luna” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lūna.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈluna/
  • Hyphenation: lù‧na

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural luni)

  1. moon

Derived terms[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈluna]
  • Hyphenation: lu‧na

Noun[edit]

luna f (genitive singular luny, nominative plural luny, genitive plural lún, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (archaic, poetic) moon
    Synonym: mesiac

Declension[edit]

Declension of luna
singular plural
nominative luna luny
genitive luny lún
dative lune lunám
accusative lunu luny
locative lune lunách
instrumental lunou lunami

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “luna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lúna f

  1. moon

Inflection[edit]

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. lúna
gen. sing. lúne
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		lúna lúni lúne
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		lúne lún lún
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		lúni lúnama lúnam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		lúno lúni lúne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		lúni lúnah lúnah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		lúno lúnama lúnami

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lúa, Portuguese lua, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Occitan luna and Romanian lună.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈluna/ [ˈlu.na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: lu‧na

Noun[edit]

luna f (plural lunas)

  1. moon

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

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