lelo

See also: lelő

Basque

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lelo/ [le.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo, -o
• Hyphenation: le‧lo

Noun

lelo inan

1. (music) refrain

   Synonym: errepika

Declension

Declension of lelo (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	lelo	leloa	leloak	lelook
ergative	lelok	leloak	leloek	lelook
dative	lelori	leloari	leloei	lelooi
genitive	leloren	leloaren	leloen	leloon
comitative	lelorekin	leloarekin	leloekin	lelookin
causative	lelorengatik	leloarengatik	leloengatik	leloongatik
benefactive	lelorentzat	leloarentzat	leloentzat	leloontzat
instrumental	leloz	leloaz	leloez	lelootaz
inessive	lelotan	leloan	leloetan	lelootan
locative	lelotako	leloko	leloetako	lelootako
allative	lelotara	lelora	leloetara	lelootara
terminative	lelotaraino	leloraino	leloetaraino	lelootaraino
directive	lelotarantz	lelorantz	leloetarantz	lelootarantz
destinative	lelotarako	lelorako	leloetarako	lelootarako
ablative	lelotatik	lelotik	leloetatik	lelootatik
partitive	lelorik	—	—	—
prolative	lelotzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “lelo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “lelo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Lindu

Noun

lelo

1. tail

Lingala

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Bantu *dèèdó (“today”).

Adverb

lelo

1. today

References

• Thomas A. Akowuah (1996), Lingala - English/English - Lingala‎^[1], Hippocrene Books, page 85

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

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

Pronoun

lelo

1. that; class 5 distal demonstrative.

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlelo/ [ˈle.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: le‧lo

Adjective

lelo (feminine lela, masculine plural lelos, feminine plural lelas)

1. dumb, stupid

Derived terms

• alelar

Further reading

• “lelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swazi

Etymology

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

Pronoun

lelo

1. that; class 5 distal demonstrative.

Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /léːlo/

Pronoun

lelo

1. that; class 5 distal demonstrative.

Inflection

Stem -lélo (locative kulelo)

full form	lélo
locative	kulelo
copulative	yilelo
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	walelo	owalelo
class 2	balelo	abalelo
class 3	walelo	owalelo
class 4	yalelo	eyalelo
class 5	lalelo	elalelo
class 6	alelo	awalelo
class 7	salelo	esalelo
class 8	zalelo	ezalelo
class 9	yalelo	eyalelo
class 10	zalelo	ezalelo
class 11	lwalelo	olwalelo
class 14	balelo	obalelo
class 15	kwalelo	okwalelo
class 17	kwalelo	okwalelo

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “lelo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lelo (3.9)”