lũa

Inherited from Latin lūna (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewksnā, from *lewk- (“to shine; bright”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlũ.a/
• Rhymes: -ũa

lũa f

1. The Moon.
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 423 (facsimile):

     Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança

     This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.

• Galician: lúa, Lúa
• Portuguese: lua, Lua (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "lũa"