lala

lala (plural lalas)

1. Alternative form of ilala

lala (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative form of la la (“clams”)

• lala bop

lala

1. maybe, perhaps

lâlâ

1. thick dirt on the neck and in the armpit

Several etymologies have been proposed:

• From Sanskrit लाला (lālā, “saliva”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”).

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪aˌl̪a/
• (Cebu) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪a/
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /ˈjaˌja/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lala

1. venom
2. sting

lala

1. venomous
2. (of bladed weapons or tools) sharp

• lala og dila

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

lála

1. to weave (leaves, straw, or plastic as to make hats or a mat)

From Classical Nahuatl tlalalacatl (“goose”).

lala

1. goose

• López Marín; Antonio (2013), Diccionario Español-Mazahua, Colección biblioteca de los pueblos indígenas, Colegio de lenguas y literatura indígena del Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico.

• IPA^(key): /lælæ/

lala

1. to wait

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/,

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

lala

1. (transitive) to warm (as over fire)
2. (intransitive) to bask in the sun
3. (transitive) to cook over a fire

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“side, to be on the side”).

lala

1. diagonal, slanting, oblique

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja.

lala

1. to weave (mats)

lala

1. solfeggio

lála (diminutive lalá-lála)

1. (music) to sing a lullaby

lalà or lâlâ

1. to strip; to separate (meat from the bone)

lala

1. to sleep

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

lala (plural lala-lala)

1. shellfish, as food^[1]

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

lala

1. to lie down

• IPA^(key): /lala/
• Rhymes: -ala, -la

lala (Jawi spelling لالا, plural lala-lala, informal 1st possessive lalaku, 2nd possessive lalamu, 3rd possessive lalanya)

1. a kind of edible Venus clam, Paratapes textilis.
2. a type of sea mollusc, Orbicularia orbiculata.

• Indonesian: lala

• “lala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

lala

1. guava

Only in the southern dialect.

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. shoe

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: la‧la

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľaľa.

lala f

1. Augmentative of lalka
2. (childish) doll (toy made in the form of a person)
3. (childish) puppet (any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove)
4. (colloquial, slang) attractive woman
5. (colloquial, derogatory) Barbie, bimbo (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence)
6. (Central Greater Poland) sheepdog stick with lead inserted in the head

See lela.

lala

1. (Kuyavia) Alternative form of lela

• lala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “lala”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

lala

1. to scorch leaves to make them soft and flexible
2. to bleach pandanus leaves by passing them over fire

lala

1. to insult verbally, to curse another person

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /lǎːla/
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lála f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ла)

1. (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) tulip

   Synonym: tȕlipān

   • 1863, Laza Kostić "Slavuj i lala" in Danica, Đorđe Popović (the publisher):

     Kako te lala žestoko ljubi,
     kad bi otvorila list,
     svu ujedanput razmilinu bi,
     sav bi ti dala miris. [...]

     How tulip fiercely loves you,
     if it opened its leaf,
     all the fondness at once it would,
     all the smell it would give you.

   • Musa Ćazim Ćatić Gazeli:

     Tu se pilo rujno vino k'o tekuće lala-cv'jeće.

     Here the red wine it was drunk as if it were liquid tulip-flowers.

   • Gavro Babić, Zašto me voliš:

     ni lala nisam sa kojom možeš,

     blistave kose jutrom da kitiš

     nor I am tulip with which you can

     shiny hair in the morning adorn

2. (regional) a person from Vojvodina

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. inflection of lalar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-lala (infinitive kulala)

1. to sleep
2. to lie down
3. (kulala na) to sleep with (to have sexual intercourse with)

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lalia

• Nominal derivations:
  • malale (“sleeping sickness”)
  • mlalaji (“sleeper”)

• usingizi (“sleep, sleepiness”)

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. mother

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”). Doublet of lara.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. state of becoming or growing serious or aggravated
2. aggravation; seriousness; graveness

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. aggravated; grown serious or grave

   Synonyms: malala, malubha, seryo, mabigat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlala/ (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ala
  • IPA^(key): /laˈla/ (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧la

lala (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. weave

   Synonyms: habi, wanla, paglala, paglalala, pagkakalala

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. woven

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. extreme sourness; strong acidic taste

• asim

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. preparation of a reward or punishment

Possibly similar with etymology 1.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈla/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. flaying of the skin due to a fall or burn

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜎ, corresponding to "la"

• “lala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 242: “Deſollarſe) Lala (pc) por ”
  • page 379: “L) Lala (pc) aſi nombran a nueſtra l. los Tagalos .|. lala yaon.|. ᜎ . ang lala, ay, ſiya ang naſoſonor diyan, la . L . es la que ay ſe ſigue, ay, yaring litra? no es eſta letra .l?”
  • page 568: “Tejer) Lala (pp) petates ſombreros eſteras ſavales”

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to sleep

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to sleep

From Ottoman Turkish لالا, لله (lala), from Persian لله (lala, lale) or from Persian لالا (lālā).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lala (definite accusative lalayı, plural lalalar)

1. (obsolete) tutor
2. (history) tutor of a Shahzadah

• şehzade lalası (2)

• lala paşa eğlendirmek
• lalalık

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to lie down

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

• IPA^(key):

-lála

1. (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
2. (intransitive) to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

IPA^(key): /láːla/

-lála

1. (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
2. (intransitive) to sleep
3. (intransitive) to stay (for the night)
4. (intransitive) to have sex

• -lalela (applicative)
• -lalisa (causative)
• -lalisisa (intensive)
• -laleka (neuter-passive)
• -lalwa (passive)
• -lele (stative)

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