English

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Etymology

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From Tagalog lola.

Noun

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lola (plural lolas)

  1. (Philippines) a grandmother
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Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From a shortened form of Spanish abuela by folk etymology.

Noun

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lola (masculine lolo)

  1. grandmother
    Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.
    Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

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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

Javanese

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Noun

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lola

  1. orphan

Karao

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Noun

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lola

  1. grandmother

Masbatenyo

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Noun

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lola

  1. grandmother

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit लोल (lola).

Adjective

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lola

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

Declension

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References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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lóla m (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла)

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

Declension

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References

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  • lola” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Southern Ndebele

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Verb

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-lola?

  1. to sharpen

Inflection

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mapudungun püḻü.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: lo‧la

Noun

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

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

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lola

  1. feminine singular of lolo

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Shortening of Spanish abuela by folk etymology, or the female equivalent of lolo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
Derived terms
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See also
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Etymology 2

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See lula.

Adjective

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lolâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lula (dizzy).

Noun

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lolà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)

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

Further reading

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  • lola at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • 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

Anagrams

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Uzbek

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Other scripts
Cyrillic лола
Latin lola
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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lola (plural lolalar)

  1. tulip

West Makian

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Noun

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lola

  1. the thigh

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics

Xhosa

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Verb

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-lola?

  1. sharpen

Inflection

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