lola

From Tagalog lola.

lola (plural lolas)

1. (Philippines) a grandmother

• lolo

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

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

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

1. grandma; grandmother

   Synonyms: yaya, maye, uela

2. elderly person

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

From a shortened form of Spanish abuela by folk etymology.

lola (masculine lolo)

1. grandmother

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

   Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

• Hyphenation: lo‧la

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

lola

1. orphan

lola

1. grandmother

lola

1. grandmother

Inherited from Sanskrit लोल (lola).

lola

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

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

Onomatopoeic.

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

lola f

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

lola

1. (Far Masovian) used to call cows

• 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

• lála

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

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

lóla m (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла)

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

• “lola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

-lola^?

1. to sharpen

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Mapudungun püḻü.

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

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

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

lola

1. feminine singular of lolo

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.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlola/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ola
• (regional) IPA^(key): /ˈlula/
  • Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: lo‧la

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

See lula.

lolâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

1. Obsolete spelling of lula (“dizzy”).

lolà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

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

• “lola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “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

• lalo

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

lola (plural lolalar)

1. tulip

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.l̪a/

lola

1. the thigh

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

-lola^?

1. sharpen

This verb needs an inflection-table template.