lola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lola"

English

Etymology

From Tagalog lola.

Noun

lola (plural lolas)

1. (Philippines) a grandmother

Related terms

• lolo

Bikol Central

Etymology

From a shortened form of Spanish abuela by folk etymology.

Noun

lola (masculine lolo)

1. grandmother

   Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.

   Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

lola (masculine lolo)

1. a grandmother

   Synonym: uyang

2. a grandaunt
3. a cousin of one's grandparents
4. an affectionate or honorific term for an elderly woman

Javanese

Noun

lola

1. orphan

Karao

Noun

lola

1. grandmother

Masbatenyo

Noun

lola

1. grandmother

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀮𑁄𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• लोल (Devanagari script)
• লোল (Bengali script)
• ලොල (Sinhalese script)
• လောလ or လေႃလ (Burmese script)
• โลล or โลละ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລລ or ໂລລະ (Lao script)
• លោល (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄮𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोल (lola).

Adjective

lola

1. wavering, unsteady, agitated
2. longing, eager, greedy

Declension

Declension table of "lola" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lolo	lolā
Accusative (second)	lolaṃ	lole
Instrumental (third)	lolena	lolehi or lolebhi
Dative (fourth)	lolassa or lolāya or lolatthaṃ	lolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lolasmā or lolamhā or lolā	lolehi or lolebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lolassa	lolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lolasmiṃ or lolamhi or lole	lolesu
Vocative (calling)	lola	lolā

Declension table of "lolā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lolā	lolāyo or lolā
Accusative (second)	lolaṃ	lolāyo or lolā
Instrumental (third)	lolāya	lolāhi or lolābhi
Dative (fourth)	lolāya	lolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lolāya	lolāhi or lolābhi
Genitive (sixth)	lolāya	lolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lolāya or lolāyaṃ	lolāsu
Vocative (calling)	lole	lolāyo or lolā

Declension table of "lola" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	lolaṃ	lolāni
Accusative (second)	lolaṃ	lolāni
Instrumental (third)	lolena	lolehi or lolebhi
Dative (fourth)	lolassa or lolāya or lolatthaṃ	lolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	lolasmā or lolamhā or lolā	lolehi or lolebhi
Genitive (sixth)	lolassa	lolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	lolasmiṃ or lolamhi or lole	lolesu
Vocative (calling)	lola	lolāni

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “lola”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lála

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لاله (lâle), from Persian لاله (lâle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒːla/
• Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

lóla m (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла)

1. (regional) boyfriend, darling
2. (regional) idler, loafer
3. (regional) carouser
4. (regional) a person from Vojvodina

Declension

Declension of lola

	singular	plural
nominative	lola	lole
genitive	lole	lola
dative	loli	lolama
accusative	lolu	lole
vocative	lolo	lole
locative	loli	lolama
instrumental	lolom	lolama

References

• “lola” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-lola^?

1. to sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun püḻü.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: lo‧la

Noun

lola f (plural lolas, masculine lolo, masculine plural lolos)

1. (colloquial, Chile) girl
2. (colloquial, usually in the plural, Mexico) breasts, bosom, boobies, knockers

Related terms

• lolo
• pololear
• pololeo
• pololo, polola

 

Adjective

lola

1. feminine singular of lolo

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Shortening of Spanish abuela by folk etymology, or the female equivalent of lolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlola/, [ˈlo.lɐ]
• Hyphenation: lo‧la

• (file)

Noun

lola (masculine lolo, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. grandmother

   Synonyms: lelang, impo, abwela, inda, (archaic) agwela, (dialectal) inana

   Masaya ang lola kahapon dahil dumating ang lolo.

   Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

2. (colloquial) term of address for an old woman

   Synonym: nanay

Derived terms

• lola sa sakong
• lola sa talampakan
• lola sa tuhod

 

Related terms

• Lola

 

See also

• lelang
• inda

Etymology 2

See lula.

Adjective

lolâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. Obsolete spelling of lula (“dizzy”)

Noun

lolà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. Obsolete spelling of lula (“diziness; seasickness; acrophobia”)

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	лола (lola)‍
Latin	lola‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai لاله, from Persian لاله (lâle, “tulip”).

Noun

lola (plural lolalar)

1. tulip

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.l̪a/

Noun

lola

1. the thigh

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Xhosa

Verb

-lola^?

1. sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.