# luar
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũar, from Latin lūnāris (“of the moon”). Compare Portuguese luar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlwaɾ/ [ˈlwaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Noun

luar m (plural luares)
* moonlight

#### Related terms

* lúa (“moon”)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “luar”, 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), “luar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “luar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* loear (1901–1947)

### Etymology

From Malay luar, from Classical Malay luar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luqaR. Semantic loan from Chinese 外 (wài).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈluar/ [ˈlu.ar]
* Rhymes: -ar
* Syllabification: lu‧ar

### Noun

luar (plural luar-luar)
* outside
    Antonym: dalam

### Adjective

luar
* external
* foreign
    Synonym: asing
* (of Chinese kinship) maternal side
    kakek luar ― maternal grandfather

#### Derived terms

* keluar
* luaran
* luar negeri

### Further reading

* “luar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luqaR.

### Pronunciation

* (Baku) IPA: [luäɾ]
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [luä]

### Preposition

luar (Jawi spelling لوار)
* out

#### Antonyms

* dalam (in, inside)

#### Derived terms

* luar talian
* luaran (outsider, stranger, foreigner)

### Further reading

* “luar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũar, from Latin lūnāris, from lūna + -āris. Doublet of lunar.
Compare Galician luar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /luˈa(ʁ)/ [lʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwa(ʁ)/ [ˈlwa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /luˈa(ʁ)/ [lʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwa(ʁ)/ [ˈlwa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /luˈa(ɾ)/ [lʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /luˈa(ʁ)/ [lʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwa(ʁ)/ [ˈlwa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /luˈa(ɻ)/ [lʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlwaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlwaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlwa.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: lu‧ar
* Homophone: loar (Portugal)

### Noun

luar m (plural luares)
* moonlight (sunlight reflected by the moon)
** unknown, Fernando Pessoa, A hora do diabo
    «A música, o luar e os sonhos são as minhas armas mágicas. Mas por música não deve entender-se só aquela que se toca, se não também aquela que fia eternamente por tocar. Por luar, ainda, não se deve supor que se fala só do que vem da lua e faz as árvores grandes perfis; há outro luar, que o mesmo sol não exclui, e obscurece em pleno dia o que as coisas fingem ser. Só os sonhos são sempre o que são. É o lado de nós em que nascemos e em que somos sempre naturais e nossos.»"Music, moonlight and dreams are my magic weapons. But music should not only be understood as music that is played, but also music that remains forever unplayed. Moonlight should not be taken to mean only that which comes from the moon and makes the trees look great; there is another moonlight, which the sun itself does not exclude, and which obscures in the middle of the day what things pretend to be. Only dreams are always what they are. It's the side of us where we are born and where we are always natural and our own."

### Further reading

* “luar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “luar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025