lola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lola"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog lola.

Noun

lola (plural lolas)

1. (Philippines) a grandmother

Related terms

• lolo

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. grandma; grandmother

   Synonyms: yaya, maye, uela

2. elderly person

References

• “lola”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
• “lolo - lola”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎^[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN, page 1516

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

Central Bikol

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.

Javanese

Noun

lola

1. orphan

Karao

Noun

lola

1. grandmother

Masbatenyo

Noun

lola

1. grandmother

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ.la]
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔ.la]

• Audio:

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Noun

lola f

1. (Chełmno, Far Masovian) synonym of krowa
2. (Chełmno, derogatory) synonym of klępa (“woman”)

Interjection

lola

1. (Far Masovian) used to call cows

Further reading

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “lola”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 112
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “lola”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 134

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lála

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lóla m anim (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла) (regional)

1. boyfriend, darling
2. idler, loafer
3. carouser
4. 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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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

Possibly a colloquial clipping of Spanish abuela (“grandmother”), or the female equivalent of lolo (“grandfather”) influenced by Spanish grammatical gender logic. See also lelang, lelong, ninang, ninong, manang, manong, etc. Compare Aragonese lola.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈloː.lɐ]

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ola
• (regional) IPA^(key): /ˈlula/ [ˈluː.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: lo‧la

Noun

lola (masculine lolo, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. grandmother

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

   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
• maglola

Related terms

• Lola

See also

• inda
• lelang

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”)

Further reading

• “lola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “lola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5

Anagrams

• lalo

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Afghan Uzbek)		—
Cyrillic		лола
Latin		lola

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai لاله (lʾlh), from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

lola (plural lolalar)

1. tulip

Declension

Declension of lola

	singular	plural
nominative	lola	lolalar
genitive	lolaning	lolalarning
dative	lolaga	lolalarga
definite accusative	lolani	lolalarni
locative	lolada	lolalarda
ablative	loladan	lolalardan
similative	loladek	lolalardek

Possessive forms of lola

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lolam	lolalarim
genitive	lolamning	lolalarimning
dative	lolamga	lolalarimga
definite accusative	lolamni	lolalarimni
locative	lolamda	lolalarimda
ablative	lolamdan	lolalarimdan
similative	lolamdek	lolalarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lolang	lolalaring
genitive	lolangning	lolalaringning
dative	lolangga	lolalaringga
definite accusative	lolangni	lolalaringni
locative	lolangda	lolalaringda
ablative	lolangdan	lolalaringdan
similative	lolangdek	lolalaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	lolasi	lolalari
genitive	lolasining	lolalarining
dative	lolasiga	lolalariga
definite accusative	lolasini	lolalarini
locative	lolasida	lolalarida
ablative	lolasidan	lolalaridan
similative	lolasidek	lolalaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lolamiz	lolalarimiz
genitive	lolamizning	lolalarimizning
dative	lolamizga	lolalarimizga
definite accusative	lolamizni	lolalarimizni
locative	lolamizda	lolalarimizda
ablative	lolamizdan	lolalarimizdan
similative	lolamizdek	lolalarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lolangiz	lolalaringiz
genitive	lolangizning	lolalaringizning
dative	lolangizga	lolalaringizga
definite accusative	lolangizni	lolalaringizni
locative	lolangizda	lolalaringizda
ablative	lolangizdan	lolalaringizdan
similative	lolangizdek	lolalaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	lolasi	lolalari
genitive	lolasining	lolalarining
dative	lolasiga	lolalariga
definite accusative	lolasini	lolalarini
locative	lolasida	lolalarida
ablative	lolasidan	lolalaridan
similative	lolasidek	lolalaridek

Further reading

• “lola“ in izoh.uz

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.l̪a/

Noun

lola

1. the thigh

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Xhosa

Verb

-lola^?

1. sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.