lalla

See also: Lalla

English

Etymology

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

Noun

lalla (plural lallas)

1. (historical) In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
2. (historical) In Persia, a male nurse.
3. (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
4. (India, historical) A respectable merchant.
   • 1841, Society in India, ii. 176:

     Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.

   • 1935, Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable:

     There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]

References

• Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases

Phuthi

Verb

-lálla

1. to look for
2. to lay a trap for

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Verb

lalla (present lallar, preterite lallade, supine lallat, imperative lalla)

1. to sing without words, to la-la

   lalla med i en melodi

   la-la along to a melody

2. (colloquial, often with runt (“around”)) to not be (appropriately) serious

   Sluta lalla runt på plan!

   Get serious on the field!

   Han lallade in en timme för sent

   He wandered ("la-la'd") in an hour late

   Två vilsna turister lallade in på plan

   Two lost tourists ambled ("la-la'd") onto the playing field

3. to talk nonsense, to be dopey

Conjugation

Conjugation of lalla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lalla		lallas
Supine	lallat		lallats
Imperative	lalla		—
Imper. plural1	lallen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lallar	lallade	lallas	lallades
Ind. plural1	lalla	lallade	lallas	lallades
Subjunctive2	lalle	lallade	lalles	lallades
	Participles
Present participle	lallande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• lallare

See also

• tralla

References

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

Tarifit

Alternative forms

• řalla
• řaǧa

Etymology

Compare Moroccan Arabic لالة (lady, “lālla”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lalla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ, usually uncountable)

1. lady, madam (used as a form of address)
2. mother-in-law
3. aunt (wife of one's paternal uncle)