# lura
## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluɾa/ [ˈlu.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Hyphenation: lu‧ra

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* lula

#### Noun

lura f (plural luras)
* 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
* (derogatory, dated) fisherman
* (mildly derogatory) a stingy person

### Etymology 2

From Paleo-Hispanic *lour-, *lōr-, *lūr-.

#### Noun

lura f (plural luras)
* den
* (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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “loligíneo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “lorca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Iberian
### Etymology

Compare Proto-Basque *lur (“earth, land, ground”), possibly cognate Basque lur

### Noun

lura
* land
* ground
    bai luŕa leguś ikthis land is truly my property

### References

* Villamor, Fernando (2020) A basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language

## Latin
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

lūra f (genitive lūrae); first declension
* sack, bag
* (figuratively) belly, paunch

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluː.ra/

### Adverb

lura
* backwards
    Synonym: waranijiet
* 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)
* backward

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* lure

### Etymology

From Middle Low German luren.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lʉːrɑ/

### Verb

lura (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)
* to deceive, trick
* to lurk
* 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: /ˈlu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: lu‧ra

### Noun

lura f (diminutive lurka)
* (colloquial, derogatory) weak drink (especially coffee or tea); dishwater
    Synonym: siki
* (colloquial) thin soup

#### Derived terms

* lurowaty

### Further reading

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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German luren. Cognate with English lour.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -²ʉːra

### Verb

lura (present lurar, preterite lurade, supine lurat, imperative lura)
* to trick, to fool, to deceive, to lure
    Han lurade mig!He tricked me!
    bli lurad på pengarbe cheated out of money
    lura på någon någottrick someone into accepting something (they do not want)
* to lurk, to lie in wait
    Lejonet lurade på ett byteThe 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)
* (with på) to wonder, to ponder
    Vad lurar du på?What are you thinking about?
    Jag lurar på vad jag ska äta till middagI'm wondering/thinking about what to eat for dinner
* (usually with till) to doze off

#### Conjugation

$^1$ 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: /luˈɾaʔ/ [lʊˈɾaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: lu‧ra

### Noun

lurâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ)
* Alternative form of dura

#### Derived terms

* luluran