lulla

lulla

1. Alternative form of lullay

• ulla-lulla

Imitative or onomatopoeic sounds to lull a child to sleep.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊlːa/
• Rhymes: -ʊlːa
• Homophone: lullað

lulla (third person singular past indicative lullaði, third person plural past indicative lullaðu, supine lullað)

1. (childish, of people) to sleep, to go beddie-byes

   Vilt tú lulla?

   Do you want to go to sleep?

Conjugation of lulla (group v-30)
infinitive	lulla
supine	lullað
participle (a6)1	lullandi	lullaður
	present	past
first singular	lulli	lullaði
second singular	lullar	lullaði
third singular	lullar	lullaði
plural	lulla	lullaðu
	imperative
singular	lulla!
plural	lullið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Possibly from Swedish lulla, if not an original childspeak word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlulːɑ/, [ˈlulːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lul‧la

lulla

1. (dialectal) cradle (rocking bed for a baby)
2. (slang) Synonym of sivuvaunu (“sidecar”)

• kehto (“cradle”)

• “lulla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Onomatopoeic. Compare English lullaby.

lulla (present lullar, preterite lullade, supine lullat, imperative lulla)

1. (now rare) Synonym of vyssja (“lull”)
2. (often with omkring (“around, about”)) to teeter, to totter (walk unsteadily)

• lull

• vyssan lull

• lulla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lulla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lulla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)