lala

lala (plural lalas)

1. Alternative form of ilala

lala (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia) Alternative form of la la (“clams”)

• lala bop

lala

1. maybe, perhaps

lâlâ

1. thick dirt on the neck and in the armpit

Several etymologies have been proposed:

• From Sanskrit लाला (lālā, “saliva”).
• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”).

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪aˌl̪a/
• (Cebu) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪a/
• (Surigaonon) IPA^(key): /ˈjaˌja/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lala

1. venom
2. sting

lala

1. venomous
2. (of bladed weapons or tools) sharp

• lala og dila

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

lála

1. to weave (leaves, straw, or plastic as to make hats or a mat)

From Classical Nahuatl tlalalacatl (“goose”).

lala

1. goose

• López Marín; Antonio (2013), Diccionario Español-Mazahua, Colección biblioteca de los pueblos indígenas, Colegio de lenguas y literatura indígena del Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico.

• IPA^(key): /lælæ/

lala

1. to wait

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/, [ˈlɐ.lə]

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

lala

1. to warm (as over fire)
2. to bask in the sun
3. to cook over a fire

From Proto-Polynesian *rara (“side, to be on the side”).

lala

1. diagonal, slanting, oblique

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja.

lala

1. to weave (mats)

lala

1. solfeggio

lála (diminutive lalá-lála)

1. (music) to sing a lullaby

lalà or lâlâ

1. to strip; to separate (meat from the bone)

lala

1. to sleep

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

lala (plural lala-lala)

1. shellfish, as food[1]

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

lala

1. to lie down

• IPA^(key): /lala/
• Rhymes: -ala, -la

lala (Jawi spelling لالا, plural lala-lala, informal 1st possessive lalaku, 2nd possessive lalamu, 3rd possessive lalanya)

1. a kind of edible Venus clam, Paratapes textilis.
2. a type of sea mollusc, Orbicularia orbiculata.

• Indonesian: lala

• “lala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

lala

1. guava

Only in the southern dialect.

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. shoe

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľaľa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: la‧la

lala f

1. Augmentative of lalka
2. (childish) doll (toy made in the form of a person)
3. (childish) puppet (any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove)
4. (colloquial, slang) attractive woman
5. (colloquial, derogatory) Barbie, bimbo (physically attractive woman who lacks intelligence)

• lala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Polynesian *rara, from Proto-Oceanic *raraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daŋdaŋ (“broil; warm oneself or something near a fire”).

lala

1. to scorch leaves to make them soft and flexible
2. to bleach pandanus leaves by passing them over fire

lala

1. to insult verbally, to curse another person

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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

• IPA^(key): /lǎːla/
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lála f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ла)

1. (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) tulip

   Synonym: tȕlipān

   • 1863, Laza Kostić "Slavuj i lala" in Danica, Đorđe Popović (the publisher):

     Kako te lala žestoko ljubi,
     kad bi otvorila list,
     svu ujedanput razmilinu bi,
     sav bi ti dala miris. [...]

     How tulip fiercely loves you,
     if it opened its leaf,
     all the fondness at once it would,
     all the smell it would give you. [...]

   • Musa Ćazim Ćatić Gazeli:

     Tu se pilo rujno vino k'o tekuće lala-cv'jeće. [...]

     Here the red wine it was drunk as if it were liquid tulip-flowers. [...]

   • Gavro Babić, Zašto me voliš:

     [...] ni lala nisam sa kojom možeš,

     blistave kose jutrom da kitiš [...]

     [...] nor I am tulip with which you can

     shiny hair in the morning adorn [...]

2. (regional) a person from Vojvodina

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. inflection of lalar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

-lala (infinitive kulala)

1. to sleep
2. to lie down
3. (kulala na) to sleep with (to have sexual intercourse with)

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lalia

• Nominal derivations:
  • malale (“sleeping sickness”)
  • mlalaji (“sleeper”)

• usingizi (“sleep, sleepiness”)

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lala

1. mother

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”). Doublet of lara.

• IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/, [lɐˈlaʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. state of becoming or growing serious or aggravated
2. aggravation; seriousness; graveness

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. aggravated; grown serious or grave

   Synonyms: malala, malubha, seryo, mabigat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laja (“to plait, weave by hand, of baskets or mats”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlala/ [ˈla.lɐ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ala
  • IPA^(key): /laˈla/ [lɐˈla] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧la

lala (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. weave

   Synonyms: habi, wanla, paglala, paglalala, pagkakalala

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. woven

• IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/, [ˈla.lɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. extreme sourness; strong acidic taste

• asim

• IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/, [ˈla.lɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. preparation of a reward or punishment

Possibly similar with etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): /laˈla/, [lɐˈla]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. flaying of the skin due to a fall or burn

• IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/, [lɐˈlaʔ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜎ, corresponding to "la"

• “lala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 242: “Deſollarſe) Lala (pc) por [raſcandura]”
  • page 379: “L) Lala (pc) aſi nombran a nueſtra l. los Tagalos .|. lala yaon.|. ᜎ . ang lala, ay, ſiya ang naſoſonor diyan, la . L . es la que ay ſe ſigue, ay, [di lala] yaring litra? no es eſta letra .l?”
  • page 568: “Tejer) Lala (pp) petates ſombreros eſteras ſavales”

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to sleep

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to sleep

• IPA^(key): [ɫɑ.ˈɫɑ]
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lala (definite accusative lalayı, plural lalalar)

1. (obsolete) tutor
2. (history) tutor of a Shahzadah

• şehzade lalası (2)

• lala paşa eğlendirmek
• lalalık

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

lala

1. to lie down

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

• IPA^(key): [láːla]

-lála

1. (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
2. (intransitive) to sleep

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

IPA^(key): /láːla/

-lála

1. (intransitive) to rest (by lying down)
2. (intransitive) to sleep
3. (intransitive) to stay (for the night)
4. (intransitive) to have sex

• -lalela (applicative)
• -lalisa (causative)
• -lalisisa (intensive)
• -laleka (neuter-passive)
• -lalwa (passive)
• -lele (stative)

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lala (3.9)”