lura

Dissimillation of lula, probably a back formation from an earlier *loliin, from Latin lōllīginem (“squid, cuttlefish”).[1]

• lula

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɾa̝/

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

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *lour-, *lōr-, *lūr-.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɾa̝/

lura f (plural luras)

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

• “lura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “lura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lura” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

lūra f (genitive lūrae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ra/

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,

lura (invariable)

1. backward

• lure

From Middle Low German luren.

• IPA^(key): /²lʉːrɑ/

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)

• “lura” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: lu‧ra

lura f (diminutive lurka)

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

   Synonym: siki

2. (colloquial) thin soup

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

From Middle Low German luren. Cognate with English lour.

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːra

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

• bedra

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

• lur
• luras
• lurig

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

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

lurâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜇ)

1. Alternative form of dura

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ludaq. Compare Malay ludah and Tagalog lura.

lura

1. saliva

lura (used in the form maglura)

1. to spit

• lumura
• palurahan