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English
Etymology
From Tagalog lolo.
Noun
lolo (plural lolos)
- (Philippines) a grandfather
Related terms
Adangme
Adverb
lolo
- not yet
Antillean Creole
Noun
lolo
- penis
Bikol Central
Etymology
From a shortened form of Spanish abuelo by folk etymology.
Noun
lolo (feminine lola)
- grandfather
Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.- Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.
Cebuano
Etymology
From a shortened form of Spanish abuelo by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
lolo (feminine lola)
- a grandfather
- Synonym: uyong
- a granduncle
- a cousin of one's grandparents
- An affectionate or honorific term for an elderly man
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *lolo, cognate with Samoan lololo and Rarotongan roro.
Noun
lolo
- coconut cream, coconut milk
References
- 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
Etymology
Onomatopoeia and/or childish repetition of lait
Pronunciation
Noun
lolo m (plural lolos)
- (childish) milk
- (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
Further reading
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *roro related to Proto-Polynesian *lolo.
Noun
lolo
- brain
- bone marrow
- coconut heart or coconut apple, i.e. spongy cotyledon from a sprouting coconut
- Synonym: iho
Related terms
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “roro.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ 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
Etymology
From Hawaiian lōlō.
Adjective
lolo
- stupid, dumb
Dass so lolo!- That's so dumb!
Kapingamarangi
Noun
lolo
- oil
Karao
Noun
lolo
- grandfather
Makasar
Pronunciation
Adjective
lolo (Lontara spelling ᨒᨚᨒᨚ)
- young
Malagasy
Etymology 1
Noun
lolo
- butterfly
Etymology 2
Noun
lolo
- ghost
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
lolo
- nominative singular masculine of lola (“unsteady, eager”)
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit लोहित (lohita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Adjective
lolo (feminine loli, plural lole)
- red
Descendants
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 650
- ^ 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
- 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
Noun
lolò
- sorrow
Spanish
Etymology
From Lolita, the protagonist of a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, or short form of pololo from Mapudungun püḻü (“fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlolo/
- Rhymes: -olo
- Syllabification: lo‧lo
Adjective
lolo (feminine lola, masculine plural lolos, feminine plural lolas)
- (colloquial, Chile) young, teen, juvenile (person)
Noun
lolo m (plural lolos, feminine lola, feminine plural lolas)
- (colloquial, Chile) kid, boy, girl
Related terms
Further reading
Sundanese
Romanization
lolo
- Romanization of ᮜᮧᮜᮧ
Swazi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
lolo
- that; class 11 distal demonstrative.
Tagalog
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈlolo/,
- Hyphenation: lo‧lo
Noun
lolo (feminine lola, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎᜓ)
- 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.
- (colloquial) term of address for an old man
- Synonyms: tatay, ingkong
Derived terms
Related terms
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
lolo
- that; class 11 distal demonstrative.
Inflection
References