lolo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tagalog lolo.

Noun[edit]

lolo (plural lolos)

  1. (Philippines) a grandfather

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Adangme[edit]

Adverb[edit]

lolo

  1. not yet

Antillean Creole[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. penis

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a shortened form of Spanish abuelo by folk etymology.

Noun[edit]

lolo (feminine lola)

  1. grandfather
    Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.
    Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a shortened form of Spanish abuelo by folk etymology.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: lo‧lo

Noun[edit]

lolo (feminine lola)

  1. a grandfather
    Synonym: uyong
  2. a granduncle
  3. a cousin of one's grandparents
  4. An affectionate or honorific term for an elderly man

Fijian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *lolo, cognate with Samoan lololo and Rarotongan roro.

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. coconut cream, coconut milk

References[edit]

  • Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “lolo.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  • Gatty, Ronald (2009) “lolo”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 145

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeia and/or childish repetition of lait

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lo.lo/
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

lolo m (plural lolos)

  1. (childish) milk
  2. (colloquial and Ivory Coast slang) boob, titty
    • 2017, “Pause”, Elow’N (lyrics), performed by Kiff No Beat:
      Bébé quand tu seras pas là, je vais me bolo
      Je vais faire en sorte de ne jamais oublier ton kpê et tes lolos
      Pourtant j’ai gbra toutes les petites gos
      Mais apparemment c’est pas moi qu’il te faut
      Baby if you won’t be there, I will toss off
      I will make sure not to forget your quim and your honkers
      Nonetheless I have fucked all the kweng
      But apparently it isn’t I for whom you long

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Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *roro related to Proto-Polynesian *lolo.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. brain
  2. bone marrow
  3. coconut heart or coconut apple, i.e. spongy cotyledon from a sprouting coconut
    Synonym: iho

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “roro.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lolo”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 211

Hawaiian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hawaiian lōlō.

Adjective[edit]

lolo

  1. stupid, dumb
    Dass so lolo!
    That's so dumb!

Kapingamarangi[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. oil

Karao[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. grandfather

Makasar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lolo (Lontara spelling ᨒᨚᨒᨚ)

  1. young

Malagasy[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. butterfly

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolo

  1. ghost

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Adjective[edit]

lolo

  1. nominative singular masculine of lola (“unsteady, eager”)

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit लोहित (lohita),[1][2] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Adjective[edit]

lolo (feminine loli, plural lole)

  1. red

Descendants[edit]

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: loolo
  • Tavringer Romani: lollo, lolo
  • Erromintxela: lolo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 650
  2. ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “loló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 169b

Further reading[edit]

  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “lol/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 226b

Sambali[edit]

Noun[edit]

lolò

  1. sorrow

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Lolita, the protagonist of a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, or short form of pololo from Mapudungun püḻü (“fly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlolo/ [ˈlo.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: lo‧lo

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. (colloquial, Chile) young, teen, juvenile (person)

Noun[edit]

lolo m (plural lolos, feminine lola, feminine plural lolas)

  1. (colloquial, Chile) kid, boy, girl

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Further reading[edit]

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

lolo

  1. Romanization of ᮜᮧᮜᮧ

Swazi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

lolo

  1. that; class 11 distal demonstrative.

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from a reduplication of the last syllable of Spanish abuelo, possibly also influenced by mimicking other likewise reduplicated syllable direct family terms like nana, tata, mama, papa, kaka, nene, etc. Compare lelong, lola, lelang, ninong, ninang, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlolo/, [ˈlo.lo]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧lo

Noun[edit]

lolo (feminine lola, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. grandfather
    Synonyms: lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, abwelo, (archaic) agwelo, (dialectal) amama
    Masaya ang lola kahapon dahil dumating ang lolo.
    Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.
  2. (colloquial) term of address for an old man
    Synonyms: tatay, ingkong

Derived terms[edit]

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Zulu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

lolo

  1. that; class 11 distal demonstrative.

Inflection[edit]

Stem -lólo
Full form lólo
Locative kulolo
Full form lólo
Locative kulolo
Copulative yilolo
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 walolo owalolo
Class 2 balolo abalolo
Class 3 walolo owalolo
Class 4 yalolo eyalolo
Class 5 lalolo elalolo
Class 6 alolo awalolo
Class 7 salolo esalolo
Class 8 zalolo ezalolo
Class 9 yalolo eyalolo
Class 10 zalolo ezalolo
Class 11 lwalolo olwalolo
Class 14 balolo obalolo
Class 15 kwalolo okwalolo
Class 17 kwalolo okwalolo

References[edit]

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