luna ulna lnua nlua unla nula luan ulan laun alun ualn auln lnau nlau lanu alnu nalu anlu unal nual uanl aunl naul anul
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Definitions and meaning of luna
luna
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinlūna(“moon; month; crescent”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈluːnə/
Homophones: lunar, looner(in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
luna (plurallunas)
(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.
(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.]
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 (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 and 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.
Synonyms
(glass holder):lunette, lunula
Etymology 2
From Hawaiianluna(“leader; supervisor”).
Noun
luna (plurallunaorlunas)
(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
1922, 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 (June 1922) 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 (novel),[2] Fawcett Crest (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 […]
Usage notes
This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.
References
Anagrams
Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latinlūna.
Noun
lunaf (plurallunas)
moon
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “luna”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Cebuano
Etymology
cf. Malayduma
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: lu‧nâ
Noun
luna
one's proper place under the sun
room, accommodation
Verb
luna
pahi~ - to put things in order
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishluna(“moon”).
Noun
luna
moon
Czech
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonicлѹна(luna), from Proto-Slavic*lunà, from Proto-Indo-European*lewk-. Cognates include Latinluna, Ancient Greekλύχνος(lúkhnos), Old Prussianlauxnos and Middle Irishluan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈluna]
Noun
lunaf
moon
Declension
Synonyms
měsíc
Related terms
lunární
Further reading
luna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
luna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Esperanto
Etymology
From luno(“moon”) + -a.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈluna/
Hyphenation: lun‧a
Rhymes: -una
Adjective
luna (accusative singularlunan, plurallunaj, accusative plurallunajn)
(astronomy) lunar
Interlingua
Noun
luna (plurallunas)
moon
Italian
Etymology
From Luna, from Latinlūna, from Old Latinlosna, from Proto-Italic*louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European*lowksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk-(“bright”).
Cognates include Armenianլուսին(lusin), Spanishluna, Portugueselua, Romanianlună, Russianлуна́(luná)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlu.na/, [ˈl̺uːn̺ä]
Rhymes: -una
Homophone: Luna
Hyphenation: lù‧na
Noun
lunaf (plurallune)
(colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite
Synonym:satellite naturale
(archaic, literary) a month, moon
(archaic, figuratively, by extension) a time of the year
(alchemy)silver
(heraldry) a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
ulna
Latin
Alternative forms
Lūna(for the sense "the Moon")
Etymology
From Old Latinlosna, from Proto-Italic*louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European*lewk-.
Cognates include Old Church Slavonicлѹна(luna).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫ̪uː.na]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.na/, [ˈluː.na]
Noun
lūnaf (genitivelūnae); first declension
the Moon
(figuratively) a month
(figuratively) a night
a crescent shape
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Eastern Romance:
Balkan-Romance:
Aromanian: lunã
Istro-Romanian: lurĕ
Romanian: lună
Southern Romance:
Sardinian: luna
Western Romance:
Gallo-Romance:
Franco-Provençal: lena
Gallo-Italic:
Ligurian: lünn-a
Lombard: lüna, löna
Piedmontese: lun-a
Occitano-Romance:
Old Occitan:
Catalan: lluna
Occitan: luna
Oïl:
Old French: lune
French: lune
Bourguignon: leugne
Walloon: lune
Raeto-Romance:
Friulian: lune
Romansch: glina
Ibero-Romance:
Navarro-Aragonese:
Aragonese: luna
Old Leonese:
Asturian: lluna
Extremaduran: luna
Leonese: lluna
Mirandese: lhuna
Old Portuguese: lũa
Galician: lúa
Portuguese: lua
Guinea-Bissau Creole: lua
Kabuverdianu: lua
Papiamentu: luna
Old Spanish:
Spanish: luna
Italo-Romance:
Corsican: luna
Italian: luna
Neapolitan: luna
Sicilian: luna
Tarantino: lune
Venetian: łuna
Dalmatian: loina
Mozarabic:
Arabic: لْيونة (ʎuna)
Hebrew: ליונה (ʎuna)
Non-Romance:
English: lune, luna
Danish: lune
German: Laune
See also
noctilūca
References
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, 1883–1887)
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
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 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
Noun
luna
pillow
Middle English
Noun
luna (uncountable)
Alternative form of lune
References
“luna (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
From Latinlūna, from Proto-Italic*louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European*lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European*lewk-. Cognate with Galicianlúa, Portugueselua, Catalanlluna, Frenchlune, Italianluna, Occitanluna and Romanianlună.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈluna/
Noun
lunaf (plurallunas)
moon
Derived terms
Related terms
lunar
lunático
Further reading
“luna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.