lala

lala (plural lalas)

1. Alternative form of ilala

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/, [ˈlɐlə]

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

• “lala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

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)

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

lala (plural lala-lala)

1. shellfish, as food[1]

From Proto-Bantu *-dáada.

-lála

1. to sleep

• 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.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ľaľa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: la‧la

lala f

1. (childish) doll (toy in the form of a human)
2. (by extension, slang) an attractive woman
3. (by extension) bimbo, Barbie (a beautiful and well-dressed but shallow young woman)

• 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)

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-lala (infinitive kulala)

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