English

Proper noun

Lala

1. A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lala terms

Turkish

Proper noun

Lala

1. A male given name

Cebuano

Noun

lala

1. venom

Adjective

lala

1. venomous

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lælæ/

Verb

lala

1. to wait

Hiligaynon

Noun

lála

1. solfeggio

Verb

lála (diminutive lalá-lála)

1. (music) to sing a lullaby

Verb

lálà and lâlâ

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

Kristang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.la/

Noun

lala ‎(plural lala-lala)

1. shellfish, as food^[1]

References

1. ↑ 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University, page 25.

Niuean

Noun

lala

1. guava

Usage notes

Only in the southern dialect.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lála f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла́ла)

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

Synonyms

• tȕlipān

Swahili

Verb

-lala ‎(infinitive kulala)

1. to sleep

Conjugation

See also

• usingizi

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lala ‎(definite accusative lalayı, plural lalalar)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• şehzade lalası (2)

Derived terms

• lala paşa eğlendirmek
• lalalık

Zulu

Verb

-lala

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

Conjugation

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