lala-

laugh

lala-(1) vb. "laugh" (PM:359), possibly with pa.t. *landë because the stem is given as g-lada-.

lala-

to deny

lala- (2) vb. "to deny" (LA)

lala-

verb. to laugh

Cognates

• T. glada- “to laugh” ✧ PM/359
• S. gladh- “to laugh, to laugh [at a joke], *guffaw” ✧ PM/359
• S. lala- “to laugh”

Derivations

• ✶glada- “laugh” ✧ PM/359

Element in

• ᴺQ. lalië “laughter, laughing”
• Q. Lalwendë “Laughing Maiden” ✧ PM/359

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶g-lada- > lala-	[glada-] > [glaða-] > [ɣlaða-] > [laða-] > [lala-]	✧ PM/359

ala-

verb. to deny

Derivations

• √LA “no, not; negative; not to be”

Variations

• ala- ✧ PE22/167

lalda

noun. laugh

Cognates

• ᴺS. lall “laugh”

Derivations

• √LAL “laugh”

lalamma-

verb. to chatter, babble

@@@ frequentative

Derivations

• √LAM “(inarticulate voiced) sound”

Element in

• ᴺQ. lalammamo “babbler”
• ᴺQ. lalammië “babble”

cacarpa-

verb. to chatter

Elements

Word	Gloss
carpa-	“to talk, speak, use tongue”