# lola
## English
### Etymology

From Tagalog lola.

### Noun

lola (plural lolas)
* (Philippines) a grandmother

#### Related terms

* lolo

## Aragonese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlola/
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: lo‧la

### Noun

lola f (plural lolas, masculine lolo, masculine plural lolos)
* grandma; grandmother
    Synonyms: yaya, maye, uela
* 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

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From a shortened form of Spanish abuela by folk etymology.

### Noun

lola (masculine lolo)
* grandmother
    Maugma si lola kasuhapon nin huli ta nag-abot si lolo.Grandmother was happy yesterday because Grandfather came.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: lo‧la

### Noun

lola (masculine lolo)
* a grandmother
    Synonym: uyang
* a grandaunt
* a cousin of one's grandparents
* an affectionate or honorific term for an elderly woman

## Javanese
### Noun

lola
* orphan

## Karao
### Noun

lola
* grandmother

## Masbatenyo
### Noun

lola
* grandmother

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀮𑁄𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* लोल (Devanagari script)
* লোল (Bengali script)
* ලොල (Sinhalese script)
* လောလ or လေႃလ (Burmese script)
* โลล or โลละ (Thai script)
* ᩃᩮᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂລລ or ໂລລະ (Lao script)
* លោល (Khmer script)
* 𑄣𑄮𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोल (lola).

### Adjective

lola
* wavering, unsteady, agitated
* longing, eager, greedy

#### Declension
### References

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈlɔ.la/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈlɔ.la/

### Noun

lola f
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Far Masovian) Synonym of krowa
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, derogatory) Synonym of klępa (“woman”)

### Interjection

lola
* (Far Masovian) used to call cows

### Further reading

* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “lola”, 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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* lála

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǒːla/
* Hyphenation: lo‧la

### Noun

lóla m (Cyrillic spelling ло́ла)
* (regional) boyfriend, darling
* (regional) idler, loafer
* (regional) carouser
* (regional) a person from Vojvodina

#### Declension
### References

* “lola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-lola$^?$
* to sharpen

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun püḻü.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlola/ [ˈlo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: lo‧la

### Noun

lola f (plural lolas, masculine lolo, masculine plural lolos)
* (colloquial, Chile) girl
* (colloquial, usually in the plural, Mexico) breasts, bosom, boobies, knockers

#### Related terms

* lolo
* pololear
* pololeo
* pololo, polola

### Adjective

lola
* feminine singular of lolo

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Possibly a colloquial clipping of Spanish 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

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlola/ [ˈloː.lɐ]
** Audio:(file)
** Rhymes: -ola
* (regional) IPA: /ˈlula/ [ˈluː.lɐ]
** Rhymes: -ula
* Syllabification: lo‧la

#### Noun

lola (masculine lolo, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)
* 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.
* (colloquial) term of address for an old woman
    Synonym: nanay

##### Derived terms

* lola sa sakong
* lola sa talampakan
* lola sa tuhod
* maglola

##### Related terms

* Lola

##### See also

* inda
* lelang

### Etymology 2

See lula.

#### Adjective

lolâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)
* Obsolete spelling of lula (“dizzy”).

#### Noun

lolà (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎ)
* Obsolete spelling of lula (“diziness; seasickness; acrophobia”).

### Further reading

* “lola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “lola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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

* lalo

## Uzbek

Other scripts :
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | лола‍ |
| Latin | lola‍ |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) | |

### Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai لاله, from Classical Persian لَالَه (lāla, “tulip”).

### Noun

lola (plural lolalar)
* tulip

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̪o.l̪a/

### Noun

lola
* the thigh

### References

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

## Xhosa
### Verb

-lola$^?$
* sharpen

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.