Lolo

Lolo

1. A female given name.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Vietnamese Lô Lô, or from Mandarin or Cantonese 倮倮?”)

Lolo

1. (obsolete) the Yi people

• The related term in Chinese, a historical appellation, carried derogatory and racist connotations and is no longer in general use. The derivative term Lolo is still encountered in English, for example, as Loloish in linguistics.

• -olol

Clipping and reduplication of Laurence/Laurent.

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.lo/

Lolo m

1. a diminutive of the female given name Laurence
2. a diminutive of the male given name Laurent

See lolo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlolo/ [ˈloː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: Lo‧lo

Lolo (feminine Lola, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎᜓ)

1. honorific used before the name of a grandfather: Grandpa; Grandpapa; Grandpappy

   Lolo Sebyong ― Grandpa Eusebius