lola

English

Etymology

From TagalogCategory:English terms borrowed from Tagalog#LOLACategory:English terms derived from Tagalog#LOLA lola.

Noun

lola (plural lolas)Category:English lemmas#LOLACategory:English nouns#LOLACategory:English countable nouns#LOLACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. (PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#LOLA) a grandmother
Category:English 2-syllable words#LOLA

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Aragonese entries#LOLA

Pronunciation

Noun

lola f (plural lolas, masculine lolo, masculine plural lolos)Category:Aragonese lemmas#LOLACategory:Aragonese nouns#LOLACategory:Aragonese countable nouns#LOLACategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Aragonese feminine nouns#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. grandma; grandmother
    Synonyms: yaya, maye, uela
  2. elderly person

References

  • “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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

lola (masculine lolo)Category:Cebuano lemmas#LOLACategory:Cebuano nouns#LOLACategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  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

Central Bikol

Etymology

From a shortened form of SpanishCategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Spanish#LOLA abuela by folk etymology.

Noun

lola (masculine lolo)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#LOLACategory:Central Bikol nouns#LOLACategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. grandmother
    Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.
    Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.
    Category:Central Bikol terms with usage examples#LOLA

Javanese

Noun

lolaCategory:Javanese lemmas#LOLACategory:Javanese nouns#LOLACategory:Javanese entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. orphan

Karao

Noun

lolaCategory:Karao lemmas#LOLACategory:Karao nouns#LOLACategory:Karao entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. grandmother

Masbatenyo

Noun

lolaCategory:Masbatenyo lemmas#LOLACategory:Masbatenyo nouns#LOLACategory:Masbatenyo entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. grandmother

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#LOLACategory:Pali terms derived from the Sanskrit root लुल्#LOLA

Inherited from SanskritCategory:Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit#LOLACategory:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#LOLA लोल (lola).

Adjective

lolaCategory:Pali lemmas#LOLACategory:Pali adjectives#LOLACategory:Pali adjectives in Latin script#LOLACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

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

Declension

Declension table of "lolā" (feminine)
Case / NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)lolālolāyo or lolā
Accusative (second)lolaṃlolāyo or lolā
Instrumental (third)lolāyalolāhi or lolābhi
Dative (fourth)lolāyalolānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)lolāyalolāhi or lolābhi
Genitive (sixth)lolāyalolānaṃ
Locative (seventh)lolāya or lolāyaṃlolāsu
Vocative (calling)lolelolāyo or lolā

References

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

Polish

Etymology

OnomatopoeicCategory:Polish onomatopoeias#LOLA.

Pronunciation

Noun

lola fCategory:Polish lemmas#LOLACategory:Polish nouns#LOLACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Polish feminine nouns#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. (ChełmnoCategory:Chełmno Polish#LOLA, Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#LOLA) synonym of krowa
  2. (ChełmnoCategory:Chełmno Polish#LOLA, derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#LOLA) synonym of klępa (“woman”)

Interjection

lolaCategory:Polish lemmas#LOLACategory:Polish interjections#LOLACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. (Far MasovianCategory:Far Masovian Polish#LOLA) used to call cows

Further reading

  • 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
Category:pl:Cattle#LOLACategory:pl:Female people#LOLA

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#LOLA لاله (lâle), from PersianCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Persian#LOLA لاله (lâle).

Pronunciation

Noun

lóla m anim (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine animate nouns#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#LOLACategory:Serbo-Croatian animate nouns#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA (regionalCategory:Regional Serbo-Croatian#LOLA)

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

Declension

Declension of lola
singular plural
nominative lola lole
genitive lole lola
dative loli lolama
accusative lolu lole
vocative lolo lole
locative loli lolama
instrumental lolom lolama

References

  • “lola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
Category:sh:People#LOLA

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-lola?Category:Southern Ndebele lemmas#LOLACategory:Southern Ndebele verbs#LOLACategory:Southern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLACategory:Requests for tone in Southern Ndebele verb entries#LOLA

  1. to sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Category:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele verb entries#LOLACategory:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele entries#LOLA

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from MapudungunCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Mapudungun#LOLACategory:Spanish terms derived from Mapudungun#LOLA püḻü.

Pronunciation

Noun

lola f (plural lolas, masculine lolo, masculine plural lolos)Category:Spanish lemmas#LOLACategory:Spanish nouns#LOLACategory:Spanish countable nouns#LOLACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#LOLA, ChileCategory:Chilean Spanish#LOLA) girl
  2. (colloquialCategory:Spanish colloquialisms#LOLA, usually in the plural, MexicoCategory:Mexican Spanish#LOLA) breasts, bosom, boobies, knockers

Adjective

lolaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#LOLACategory:Spanish adjective forms#LOLACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. feminine singular of lolo

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Possibly a colloquial clipping of SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#LOLA 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

lola (masculine lolo, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#LOLACategory:Tagalog nouns#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#LOLACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  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.
    Category:Tagalog terms with usage examples#LOLA
  2. (colloquialCategory:Tagalog colloquialisms#LOLA) term of address for an old woman
    Synonym: nanay
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See lula.

Adjective

lolâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#LOLACategory:Tagalog adjectives#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#LOLACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. obsolete spelling of lula (“dizzy”)Category:Tagalog obsolete forms#LOLA

Noun

lolà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#LOLACategory:Tagalog nouns#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#LOLACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#LOLACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. obsolete spelling of lula (“diziness; seasickness; acrophobia”)Category:Tagalog obsolete forms#LOLA

Further reading

  • “lola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
  • “lola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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

Category:tl:Female family members#LOLA

Uzbek

Other scripts
Arabic (Yangi Imlo)
Cyrillic лола‍
Latin lola‍
Afghan Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from ChagataiCategory:Uzbek terms inherited from Chagatai#LOLACategory:Uzbek terms derived from Chagatai#LOLA لاله (lālh), from Classical PersianCategory:Uzbek terms derived from Classical Persian#LOLA لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lo‧la

Noun

lola (plural lolalar)Category:Uzbek lemmas#LOLACategory:Uzbek nouns#LOLACategory:Uzbek entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. tulipCategory:uz:Flowers#LOLA

Declension

Declension of lola
singular plural
nominative lola lolalar
genitive lolaning lolalarning
dative lolaga lolalarga
definite accusative lolani lolalarni
locative lolada lolalarda
ablative loladan lolalardan
similative loladek lolalardek
Possessive forms of lola
1st person singular
singular plural
nominative lolam lolalarim
genitive lolamning lolalarimning
dative lolamga lolalarimga
definite accusative lolamni lolalarimni
locative lolamda lolalarimda
ablative lolamdan lolalarimdan
similative lolamdek lolalarimdek
2nd person singular
singular plural
nominative lolang lolalaring
genitive lolangning lolalaringning
dative lolangga lolalaringga
definite accusative lolangni lolalaringni
locative lolangda lolalaringda
ablative lolangdan lolalaringdan
similative lolangdek lolalaringdek
3rd person singular
singular plural
nominative lolasi lolalari
genitive lolasining lolalarining
dative lolasiga lolalariga
definite accusative lolasini lolalarini
locative lolasida lolalarida
ablative lolasidan lolalaridan
similative lolasidek lolalaridek
1st person plural
singular plural
nominative lolamiz lolalarimiz
genitive lolamizning lolalarimizning
dative lolamizga lolalarimizga
definite accusative lolamizni lolalarimizni
locative lolamizda lolalarimizda
ablative lolamizdan lolalarimizdan
similative lolamizdek lolalarimizdek
2nd person plural
singular plural
nominative lolangiz lolalaringiz
genitive lolangizning lolalaringizning
dative lolangizga lolalaringizga
definite accusative lolangizni lolalaringizni
locative lolangizda lolalaringizda
ablative lolangizdan lolalaringizdan
similative lolangizdek lolalaringizdek
3rd person plural
singular plural
nominative lolasi lolalari
genitive lolasining lolalarining
dative lolasiga lolalariga
definite accusative lolasini lolalarini
locative lolasida lolalarida
ablative lolasidan lolalaridan
similative lolasidek lolalaridek

Further reading

  • “lola“ in izoh.uz

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

lolaCategory:West Makian lemmas#LOLACategory:West Makian nouns#LOLACategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. the thigh

References

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

Xhosa

Verb

-lola?Category:Xhosa lemmas#LOLACategory:Xhosa verbs#LOLACategory:Requests for tone in Xhosa verb entries#LOLACategory:Xhosa entries with incorrect language header#LOLACategory:Pages with entries#LOLACategory:Pages with 16 entries#LOLA

  1. sharpen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Category:Requests for inflections in Xhosa verb entries#LOLACategory:Requests for inflections in Xhosa entries#LOLA
Category:Aragonese countable nouns Category:Aragonese feminine nouns Category:Aragonese lemmas Category:Aragonese nouns Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Cebuano lemmas Category:Cebuano nouns Category:Central Bikol lemmas Category:Central Bikol nouns Category:Central Bikol terms derived from Spanish Category:Central Bikol terms with usage examples Category:Chełmno-Dobrzyń Polish Category:Chełmno Polish Category:Chilean Spanish Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English terms borrowed from Tagalog Category:English terms derived from Tagalog Category:Far Masovian Polish Category:Javanese lemmas Category:Javanese nouns Category:Karao lemmas Category:Karao nouns Category:Masbatenyo lemmas Category:Masbatenyo nouns Category:Mexican Spanish Category:Pages with 16 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Pali adjectives Category:Pali adjectives in Latin script Category:Pali lemmas Category:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit Category:Pali terms derived from the Sanskrit root लुल् Category:Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit Category:Philippine English Category:Polish derogatory terms Category:Polish feminine nouns Category:Polish interjections Category:Polish lemmas Category:Polish nouns Category:Polish onomatopoeias Category:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation Category:Regional Serbo-Croatian Category:Requests for etymologies in Aragonese entries Category:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele entries Category:Requests for inflections in Southern Ndebele verb entries Category:Requests for inflections in Xhosa entries Category:Requests for inflections in Xhosa verb entries Category:Requests for tone in Southern Ndebele verb entries Category:Requests for tone in Xhosa verb entries Category:Rhymes:Aragonese/ola Category:Rhymes:Aragonese/ola/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ola Category:Rhymes:Spanish/ola/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/ola Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/ola/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/ula Category:Rhymes:Tagalog/ula/2 syllables Category:Serbo-Croatian animate nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas Category:Serbo-Croatian masculine animate nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian nouns Category:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish Category:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Persian Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Southern Ndebele lemmas Category:Southern Ndebele verbs Category:Spanish 2-syllable words Category:Spanish adjective forms Category:Spanish colloquialisms Category:Spanish countable nouns Category:Spanish feminine nouns Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish non-lemma forms Category:Spanish nouns Category:Spanish terms borrowed from Mapudungun Category:Spanish terms derived from Mapudungun Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words Category:Tagalog adjectives Category:Tagalog colloquialisms Category:Tagalog lemmas Category:Tagalog nouns Category:Tagalog obsolete forms Category:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish Category:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish Category:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script Category:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation Category:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Category:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Category:Tagalog terms with usage examples Category:Uzbek lemmas Category:Uzbek nouns Category:Uzbek terms derived from Chagatai Category:Uzbek terms derived from Classical Persian Category:Uzbek terms inherited from Chagatai Category:West Makian lemmas Category:West Makian nouns Category:West Makian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Xhosa lemmas Category:Xhosa verbs Category:pl:Cattle Category:pl:Female people Category:sh:People Category:tl:Female family members Category:uz:Flowers