Lua

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lua"

English

Etymology

From Portuguese lua (“moon”). Doublet of Luna and Roxane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːə
• Hyphenation: Lu‧a

Proper noun

Lua

1. (computer languages) A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.
   • 2013, Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes, “Lua 5.2 Reference Manual”, in ControlByWeb‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 July 2024, page 1:

     Lua is a dynamically typed language. This means that variables do not have types; only values do. There are no type definitions in the language. All values carry their own type. All values in Lua are first-class values. This means that all values can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as results.

Translations

a programming language (transliterations)

• Arabic: لُوَا f (luwā)
• Georgian: ლუა (lua)
• Hebrew: לואה (luah)
• Hindi: लुआ (luā)
• Japanese: ルア (Rua)
• Korean: 루아 (ko) (Rua)
• Persian:

  Dari: لُوآ (lū'ā)

  Iranian Persian: لوآ (lu'â)

• Portuguese: Lua (pt) f
• Russian: Лу́а m (Lúa)

Anagrams

• UAL, aul, Lau, -ual, ALU, alu, Ula, Aul, lau, ULA

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• Loa

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 賴 / 赖 (Lōa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluwa/ [ˈl̪uː.wa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlwa/ [ˈl̪wa] (Hokkien fluent)
• Hyphenation: Lua

Proper noun

Lua (Badlit spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Portuguese

Etymology

From lua.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: Lu‧a
• Homophone: lua

Proper noun

Lua f (plural Luas)

1. Moon (natural satellite of planet Earth)

   O homem já pisou na Lua. ― Man has stepped foot on the Moon.

   Hoje a Lua está muito brilhante. ― The Moon is very bright tonight.

2. Lua (lightweight programming language)

Usage notes

The capitalized spelling Lua is used when referring to the astronomical object, while lowercase lua refers to how it is perceived from Earth (including moonlight). Lowercase lua is also used equivalently to English moon (“a large natural satellite”). As such, the names for the moon phases are not capitalized.

Like the expression luz do Sol, luz da Lua is written with the capitalized form.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 賴 / 赖 (Lōa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈluwa/ [ˈluː.wɐ]
    • Rhymes: -uwa
    • Syllabification: Lu‧a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlwa/ [ˈlwa] (Hokkien fluent)
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Syllabification: Lua

Proper noun

Lua (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜏ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Related terms

• Loa