lura

See also: Lura

Galician

lura

Etymology 1

Dissimillation of lula, probably a back formation from an earlier *loliin, from Latin lōllīginem (“squid, cuttlefish”).

Alternative forms

• lula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɾa̝/

Noun

lura f (plural luras)

1. squid (Loligo vulgaris)
   • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:

     Iten que se venda o pescado en esta maneira: a libra dos sacadores et das sollas et dos bodiõos, dos polvos et das fanequas et das rayas et das langostas et das sibias et das luras a tres dineiros cada libra

     Item, they should sell the captured fish in this way: the pound of sacadores [?], of plaices, of Baillon's wrasses, of octopuses, of poutings, of stingrays, of lobsters, of cuttlefish and of squids, three diñeiros each pound

2. (derogatory, dated) fisherman
3. (mildly derogatory) a stingy person

Etymology 2

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *lour-, *lōr-, *lūr-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɾa̝/

Noun

lura f (plural luras)

1. den
2. (figurative) nostril, nose, mucus

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lura”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lura”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

lūra f (genitive lūrae); first declension

1. sack, bag
2. (figuratively) belly, paunch

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūra	lūrae
genitive	lūrae	lūrārum
dative	lūrae	lūrīs
accusative	lūram	lūrās
ablative	lūrā	lūrīs
vocative	lūra	lūrae

References

• “lura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lura 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)
• lura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Root
w-r-j
10 terms

Etymology

Univerbation of il- +‎ wara, literally “the back”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ra/

Adverb

lura

1. backwards

   Synonym: waranijiet

2. back
   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 19:26:

     U l-mara ta’ Lot ħarset lura, minn warajh, u saret plier tal-melħ.

     New International Version translation: But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

   • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 8:3:

     U l-ilmijiet bdew rieġgħa lura minn fuq l-art, u baqgħu sejrin lura sakemm naqsu għalkollox wara mija u ħamsin jum.

     New International Version translation: The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down,

Adjective

lura (invariable)

1. backward

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lure

Etymology

From Middle Low German luren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lʉːrɑ/

Verb

lura (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

References

• “lura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lure, from Middle High German lūre, from Latin lōra/lōrea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: lu‧ra

Noun

lura f (diminutive lurka)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) weak drink (especially coffee or tea); dishwater

   Synonym: siki

2. (colloquial) thin soup

Declension

Declension of lura

	singular	plural
nominative	lura	lury
genitive	lury	lur
dative	lurze	lurom
accusative	lurę	lury
instrumental	lurą	lurami
locative	lurze	lurach
vocative	luro	lury

Derived terms

adjective

• lurowaty

 

Further reading

• lura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Han lurar på något (sense 3)

Etymology

From Middle Low German luren. Cognate with English lour.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːra

Verb

lura (present lurar, preterite lurade, supine lurat, imperative lura)

1. to trick, to fool, to deceive, to lure

   Han lurade mig!

   He tricked me!

   bli lurad på pengar

   be cheated out of money

   lura på någon något

   trick someone into accepting something (they do not want)

2. to lurk, to lie in wait

   Lejonet lurade på ett byte

   The lion stalked its prey ("The lion was lurking on a prey," as in waiting to ambush)

   Står du här inne och lurar?

   Are you lurking in here? (more general "hang out somewhere in a somewhat secretive way" sense, like in English)

3. (with på) to wonder, to ponder

   Vad lurar du på?

   What are you thinking about?

   Jag lurar på vad jag ska äta till middag

   I'm wondering/thinking about what to eat for dinner

4. (usually with till) to doze off

Conjugation

Conjugation of lura (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lura		luras
Supine	lurat		lurats
Imperative	lura		—
Imper. plural1	luren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lurar	lurade	luras	lurades
Ind. plural1	lura	lurade	luras	lurades
Subjunctive2	lure	lurade	lures	lurades
	Participles
Present participle	lurande
Past participle	lurad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• bedra

Derived terms

• bli lurad på konfekten
• lurendrejare
• lurendrejeri
• lurifax
• på lur
• tupplur

Related terms

• lur
• luras
• lurig

References

• lura in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lura in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /luˈɾaʔ/ [lʊˈɾaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lu‧ra

Noun

lurâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ)

1. Alternative form of dura

Derived terms

• luluran