Lolo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lolo"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lolo

1. A female given name.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from Vietnamese Lô Lô, or from Mandarin or Cantonese 倮倮?”)

Proper noun

Lolo

1. (obsolete) the Yi people

Usage notes

• The related term in Chinese, a historical appellation, carried derogatory and racist connotations and is no longer in general use. The derivative term Lolo is still encountered in English, for example, as Loloish in linguistics.

Derived terms

• Loloish

 

Translations

Yi people

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猓玀／猓猡 (zh) (Guǒluó)

• Japanese: 彝族 (ja) (いぞく, izoku)

Anagrams

• -olol

French

Etymology

Clipping and reduplication of Laurence/Laurent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ.lo/

Proper noun

Lolo m

1. a diminutive of the female given name Laurence
2. a diminutive of the male given name Laurent

Tagalog

Etymology

See lolo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlolo/ [ˈloː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: Lo‧lo

Noun

Lolo (feminine Lola, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜎᜓ)

1. honorific used before the name of a grandfather: Grandpa; Grandpapa; Grandpappy

   Lolo Sebyong ― Grandpa Eusebius