lola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lola"

English

Etymology

From Tagalog lola.

Noun

lola (plural lolas)

  1. (Philippines) a grandmother

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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lolololā
Accusative (second)lolaṃlole
Instrumental (third)lolenalolehi or lolebhi
Dative (fourth)lolassa or lolāya or lolatthaṃlolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lolasmā or lolamhā or lolālolehi or lolebhi
Genitive (sixth)lolassalolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lolasmiṃ or lolamhi or lolelolesu
Vocative (calling)lolalolā
Declension table of "lolā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lolālolāyo or lolā
Accusative (second)lolaṃlolāyo or lolā
Instrumental (third)lolāyalolāhi or lolābhi
Dative (fourth)lolāyalolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lolāyalolāhi or lolābhi
Genitive (sixth)lolāyalolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lolāya or lolāyaṃlolāsu
Vocative (calling)lolelolāyo or lolā
Declension table of "lola" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lolaṃlolāni
Accusative (second)lolaṃlolāni
Instrumental (third)lolenalolehi or lolebhi
Dative (fourth)lolassa or lolāya or lolatthaṃlolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lolasmā or lolamhā or lolālolehi or lolebhi
Genitive (sixth)lolassalolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lolasmiṃ or lolamhi or lolelolesu
Vocative (calling)lolalolāni

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

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

Adjective

lola

  1. feminine singular of lolo

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.lɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • 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 sakon
  • lola sa talampakan
  • lola sa tuhod
  • maglola
See also

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” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “lola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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

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, Pacific linguistics

Xhosa

Verb

-lola?

  1. sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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