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Is luma a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word luma is a Scrabble US word. The word luma is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

L1U1M3A1

Is luma a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word luma is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1U1M3A1

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Valid words made from Luma

You can make 14 words from 'luma' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'luma'

ALUM 6LUMA 6
MAUL 6 

3 letters words from 'luma'

ALU 3AMU 5
LAM 5LUM 5
MAL 5 

2 letters words from 'luma'

AL 2AM 4
LA 2MA 4
MU 4UM 4

All 4 letters words made out of luma

luma ulma lmua mlua umla mula luam ulam laum alum ualm aulm lmau mlau lamu almu malu amlu umal mual uaml auml maul amul

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word luma. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in luma.

Definitions and meaning of luma

luma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluma/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ma

Etymology 1

From Armenian լումա (luma). Doublet of nummus

Noun

luma (plural lumas or luma)

  1. (numismatics) A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.
Translations

Etymology 2

luminance

Noun

luma (uncountable)

  1. The brightness in an image, as opposed to the saturation or chroma.

Anagrams

  • Lamu, alum, malu, maul, mula

Bariai

Noun

luma

  1. house

References

  • Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluma/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧ma

Adjective

luma (accusative singular luman, plural lumaj, accusative plural lumajn)

  1. light, bright

Antonyms

  • malluma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse luma (“to keep closely, hold tight”). Perhaps akin to Danish lomme (“pocket”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʏːma/
  • Rhymes: -ʏːma

Verb

luma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lumaði, supine lumað)

  1. Used only in set phrases.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • luma á (“to keep something secretly; to have something up one's sleeve”)

Kavalan

Pronoun

luma

  1. (interrogative) why

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Verb

-lúma

  1. to bite

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include:

  • From a root common to Latvian lustes (“cheat grass”), Swedish losta (“cheat grass”) and Ancient Greek λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair”).
  • From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“bend, twist”). Cognates include Latin luctor (“I wrestle”), luxus (“dislocated”), Ancient Greek λύγος (lúgos, “twig, withe”) and Old Norse lok (“weed, unwanted plant”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ma/, [ˈɫ̪uː.ma]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ma/, [ˈluː.ma]

Noun

lūma f (genitive lūmae); first declension

  1. A thorn

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • lūmārius
  • lūmectum

References

  • luma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Verb

-lúma

  1. to bite

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Verb

-lúma

  1. to bite

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Romani

Alternative forms

  • lyuma

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian lume (“world”), from Latin lūmen (“light”).

Noun

luma f (plural lumi)

  1. world

Derived terms

Slavomolisano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lombo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lûmḁ/

Noun

luma m

  1. loin

Declension

References

  • Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 393

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Verb

-lúma

  1. to bite

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.maʔ/

Adjective

luma

  1. old

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Verb

luma

  1. to bite

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [luːma]

Verb

-lûma

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to bite

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lûːma/

Verb

-lûma

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to bite

Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “luma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “luma (3.9)”

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a unit of currency of Armenia.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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