lulla

lulla

1. Alternative form of lullay

• ulla-lulla

Imitative or onomatopoeic sounds to lull a child to sleep.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊlːa/
• Rhymes: -ʊlːa
• Homophone: lullað

lulla (third person singular past indicative lullaði, third person plural past indicative lullaðu, supine lullað)

1. (childish, of people) to sleep, to go beddie-byes

   Vilt tú lulla?

   Do you want to go to sleep?

Possibly from Swedish lulla, if not an original childspeak word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlulːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lul‧la

lulla

1. (dialectal) cradle (rocking bed for a baby)
2. (slang) Synonym of sivuvaunu (“sidecar”)

• kehto (“cradle”)

• “lulla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Onomatopoeic. Compare English lullaby.

lulla (present lullar, preterite lullade, supine lullat, imperative lulla)

1. (now rare) Synonym of vyssja (“lull”)
2. (often with omkring (“around, about”)) to teeter, to totter (walk unsteadily)

• lull

• vyssan lull

• lulla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lulla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lulla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)