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”).
• Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lajaq (“to sting, of a wound or spices in food”).

• (Standard 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

Inherited 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): /là.là/

làlà

1. to wait

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/, [ˈlɐ.lə]

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

lala

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

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

lala

1. (stative) diagonal, slanting, oblique

lala

1. diagonal
2. face of a wave

   Coordinate term: muku

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

Inherited 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)

Inherited from Malay lala, from Hokkien 啦啦 (la-la), a reduplication of 蜊 (lâ, “clam”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlala/ [ˈla.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: la‧la

lala (plural lala-lala)

1. a kind of edible Venus clam, Paratapes textilis.
2. a type of sea mollusc, Orbicularia orbiculata.
3. a kind of top snail, Trochus spp.

• “lala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

lala

1. to sleep

From Hokkien 啦啦 (la-la), a reduplication of 蜊 (lâ, “clam”), possibly via Malay lala.

• 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

Borrowed from Hokkien 啦啦 (la-la), a reduplication of 蜊 (lâ, “clam”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlala/ [ˈla.la]
• Rhymes: -ala, -la
• Hyphenation: la‧la

lala (Jawi spelling لالا, plural lala-lala)

1. a kind of edible Venus clam, Paratapes textilis.

   Synonym: siput retak seribu (Northern Peninsular Malay)

2. a type of sea mollusc, Orbicularia orbiculata.
3. (literary) song

   Synonym: lagu

• Indonesian: lala
• →? Kristang: 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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: la‧la

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľaľa.

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)
6. (Central Greater Poland) sheepdog stick with lead inserted in the head

See lela.

lala

1. (Kuyavia) alternative form of lela

• lala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “lala”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19

Inherited 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

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لالا (lâla).

lala m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) butler

   Synonym: majordom

• lala in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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)

Conjugation of -lala
Positive present -nalala Subjunctive -lale Negative -lali Imperative singular lala
Infinitives
Positive kulala Negative kutolala
Imperatives
Singular lala Plural laleni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulala Positive past positive subject concord + -lilala Negative past negative subject concord + -kulala
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalala) Singular Plural 1st person ninalala/nalala tunalala 2nd person unalala mnalala 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analala wanalala other classes positive subject concord + -nalala
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lali) Singular Plural 1st person silali hatulali 2nd person hulali hamlali 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halali hawalali other classes negative subject concord + -lali
Positive future positive subject concord + -talala Negative future negative subject concord + -talala
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lale) Singular Plural 1st person nilale tulale 2nd person ulale mlale 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alale walale other classes positive subject concord + -lale
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silale Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelala Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelala Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilala Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilala
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alala) Singular Plural 1st person nalala twalala 2nd person walala mwalala 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alala walala m-mi(III/IV) walala yalala ji-ma(V/VI) lalala yalala ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalala vyalala n(IX/X) yalala zalala u(XI) walala see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalala pa(XVI) palala mu(XVIII) mwalala
Perfect positive subject concord + -melala "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalala "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalala "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilala "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolala Consecutive kalala / positive subject concord + -kalala Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalale Object concord —
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + -lala- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lalaye -lalao m-mi(III/IV) -lalao -lalayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lalalo -lalayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lalacho -lalavyo n(IX/X) -lalayo -lalazo u(XI) -lalao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lalako pa(XVI) -lalapo mu(XVIII) -lalamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + -lala) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelala -olala m-mi(III/IV) -olala -yolala ji-ma(V/VI) -lolala -yolala ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholala -vyolala n(IX/X) -yolala -zolala u(XI) -olala see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolala pa(XVI) -polala mu(XVIII) -molala
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• 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

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/ [lɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: 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

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈlala/ [ˈlaː.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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/ [ˈlaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ)

1. extreme sourness; strong acidic taste

• asim

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/ [ˈlaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (dialectal, Quezon)

1. poison; venom

   Synonym: kamandag

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlalaʔ/ [ˈlaː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

1. preparation of a reward or punishment

Possibly similar with etymology 1.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈla/ [lɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: la‧la

lalá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎ) (obsolete)

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈlaʔ/ [lɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: 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^[1] (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^[2], 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
2. to spend the night

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لالا (lâlâ), لل‍ه (lala), from Persian لل‍ه (lala / lale) or from Persian لالا (lālā / lâlâ).

• 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)”