lalla

See also: Lalla

English

Etymology

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

Noun

lalla (plural lallas)

  1. (historical) In Persia, a kind of domestic tutor.
  2. (historical) In Persia, a male nurse.
  3. (India, historical) A native clerk who writes the vernacular.
  4. (India, historical) A respectable merchant.
    • 1841, Society in India, ii. 176:
      Where there are no tigers, the Lalla (scribe) becomes a shikaree.
    • 1935, Mulk Raj Anand, Untouchable:
      There were Hindu lallas from the piece-goods market of Bulandshahr, smartly dressed in silks; there were Kashmiri Muhammadans from the local carpet factories, immaculately clad in white cotton; […]

References
  • Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases

Phuthi

Verb

-lálla

  1. to look for
  2. to lay a trap for

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Verb

lalla (present lallar, preterite lallade, supine lallat, imperative lalla)

  1. to sing without words, to la-la
    lalla med i en melodi
    la-la along to a melody
  2. (colloquial, often with runt (“around”)) to not be (appropriately) serious
    Sluta lalla runt på plan!
    Get serious on the field!
    Han lallade in en timme för sent
    He wandered ("la-la'd") in an hour late
    Två vilsna turister lallade in på plan
    Two lost tourists ambled ("la-la'd") onto the playing field
  3. to talk nonsense, to be dopey

Conjugation
Conjugation of lalla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lalla lallas
Supine lallat lallats
Imperative lalla —
Imper. plural1 lallen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lallar lallade lallas lallades
Ind. plural1 lalla lallade lallas lallades
Subjunctive2 lalle lallade lalles lallades
Participles
Present participle lallande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Tarifit

Alternative forms
  • řalla
  • řaǧa

Etymology

Compare Moroccan Arabic لالة (lady, “lālla”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lalla f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵍⵍⴰ, usually uncountable)

  1. lady, madam (used as a form of address)
  2. mother-in-law
  3. aunt (wife of one's paternal uncle)
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