Lulu

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Diminutive of Lucy, Lucille, Louise, Louisa, .... From given names with the first syllable of "lu", "lou", thence reduplicated.

Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

  1. A female given name
    • 1860, Minnie S. Davis, “The Rival School-Mates”, in The Ladies' Repository, volumes 28-29, A. Tompkins, page 500:
      "Do excuse me, and forgive my inquisitiveness. I was struck with the name Lulu." "You think it a baby name," she said, laughing. "O, no; it is wonderfully sweet to me! and may I sometimes call you so?"
    • 1920, Zona Gale, Miss Lulu Bett:
      There emerged from the fringe of things, where she perpetually hovered, Mrs. Deacon's older sister, Lulu Bett, who was "making her home with us." And that was precisely the case. They were not making her a home, goodness knows. Lulu was the family beast of burden.
    1. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa, Louise, Lucy, or Lucille
Usage notes[edit]
  • Fairly popular as a formal given name in the latter half of the 19th century.
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露, 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name.

Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Lulu (plural Lulus or Lulues)

  1. A female given name from Chinese (Should we delete(+) this sense?)

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Etymology 3[edit]

From Arabic لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ, literally “pearl”)

Proper noun[edit]

Lulu (plural Lulus)

  1. A unisex given name from Arabic
    1. A female given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Pearl

See also[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Lulu, name of a character appearing in a TVB drama 《兄兄我我》 (1992).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Lulu

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) female idiot
    你咪當我Lulu喎！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
    你咪当我Lulu㖞！ [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 mai5 dong3 ngo5 lu1 lu4 wo3! [Jyutping]
    Don't treat me as an idiot!

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 傻子 (“fool; idiot”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 傻子, 傻瓜
Mandarin Beijing 傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
Taiwan 傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子
Harbin 傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative
Jinan 傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子
Luoyang 傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀
Yinchuan 傻子
Chengdu 哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶
Guilin 哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar
Liuzhou 傻崽, 哈崽
Luzhai 傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽
Nanning (Wuming) 痴崽, 癲崽
Xuzhou 傻子
Nanjing 傻子
Singapore 傻瓜
Dagudi (Maliba) 楞人
Reshuitang (Longling) 傻瓜, 憨包
Mae Salong (Lancang) 傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 傻瓜, 憨人
Cantonese Guangzhou 傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy
Hong Kong 傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu female, dated slang, Robert male, dated slang
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 懵佬
Macau 傻佬
Guangzhou (Panyu) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Foshan 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Foshan (Shunde) 傻佬, 傻仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 傻仔, 蠢仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 傻仔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 傻仔
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 傻佬
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 傻仔, 傻佬
Zhuhai (Doumen) 傻仔, 傻佬
Jiangmen (Baisha) 傻佬
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 傻佬
Taishan 吽仔
Kaiping (Chikan) 吽仔
Enping (Niujiang) 傻仔
Heshan (Yayao) 傻仔
Dongguan 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Beihai 傻瓜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 傻仔, 傻佬
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 傻仔, 傻佬
Penang (Guangfu) 傻仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 傻仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 傻佬
Móng Cái 傻仔, 傻佬
Gan Nanchang 蟬頭
Hakka Meixian 傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy
Dongguan (Qingxi) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 傻佬
Jin Taiyuan 傻子, 傻屄 pejorative
Xinzhou 傻瓜子
Northern Min Jian'ou 賴仔, 賴撇仔
Southern Min Xiamen 戇儂, 歁囝
Taipei 戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT
Tainan 戇儂, 戇虎的
Penang (Hokkien) 戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 戇囝
Manila (Hokkien) 山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯
Shantou 傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥
Leizhou 妃松, 老松, 山邁
Haikou 傻囝
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 傻佬
Sanxiang 傻佬
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 傻崽
Wu Shanghai 戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar
Xiang Changsha 哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar
Loudi 哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Coordinate terms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From a diminutive of Luise and other female names beginning with Lu-.

Proper noun[edit]

Lulu

  1. a female given name of rare usage

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulu, no plural)

  1. (Austria, childish) urine (Austrian child language)
    Synonyms: Pipi, Urin
Declension[edit]
Declension of Lulu [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Lulu
genitive eines des Lulu
dative einem dem Lulu
accusative ein das Lulu

Etymology 3[edit]

By extension from Etymology 2.

Noun[edit]

Lulu n (strong, genitive Lulus, plural Lulus)

  1. (Austria, derogatory) wimp, wuss
    Synonyms: Schlappschwanz, Memme, Weichei
    Bist ein Mann oder ein Lulu? ― Are you a man or a wuss?
Declension[edit]
Declension of Lulu [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Lulu die Lulus
genitive eines des Lulus der Lulus
dative einem dem Lulu den Lulus
accusative ein das Lulu die Lulus
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