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LaEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
LaEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From la., from lane
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā (a common exclamation), Ancient Greek λαλαγε (lalage, “babble”), German lallen (“to babble”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English la, from Old English lā. More at lo.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From French la, Italian la.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Possibly a shortened form of lad.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Abbreviation.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗laEnglish (en) · Etymology 7Source text
From Cantonese 啦 (laa¹). Doublet of lah.
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