lalla
See also: Lalla
English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editlalla (plural lallas)
- (historical) In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
- (historical) In Persia, a male nurse.
- (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
- (India, historical) A respectable merchant.
- 1841, Society in India, ii. 176:
- Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.
- 1935, Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable:
- There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]
References
edit- Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
Phuthi
editVerb
edit-lálla
Inflection
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Swedish
editVerb
editlalla (present lallar, preterite lallade, supine lallat, imperative lalla)
- to sing without words, to la-la
- lalla med i en melodi
- la-la along to a melody
- (colloquial, often with runt (“around”)) to not be (appropriately) serious
- Sluta lalla runt på plan!
- Get serious on the field!
- Han lallade in en timme för sent
- He wandered ("la-la'd") in an hour late
- Två vilsna turister lallade in på plan
- Two lost tourists ambled ("la-la'd") onto the playing field
- to talk nonsense, to be dopey
Conjugation
editConjugation of lalla (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | lalla | lallas | ||
Supine | lallat | lallats | ||
Imperative | lalla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | lallen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | lallar | lallade | lallas | lallades |
Ind. plural1 | lalla | lallade | lallas | lallades |
Subjunctive2 | lalle | lallade | lalles | lallades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | lallande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
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editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCompare Moroccan Arabic لالة (lady, “lālla”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editlalla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ, usually uncountable)
- lady, madam (used as a form of address)
- mother-in-law
- aunt (wife of one's paternal uncle)
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