The Phillippines: Lola is the most popular grandmother name. Other names used by Filipinos include names for mother which grandchildren pick up, such as Inang and its variations Nanang and Nanay.
The most commonly used Filipino word for grandfather is lolo. (lola means grandmother.) Sa tuhod is added to indicate a great-grandparent: lolo sa tuhod and lola sa tuhod. Lolo and lola are sometimes used as grandparent nicknames by those not of Filipino heritage, because of their ease of pronunciation and spelling.
Noun. lola (plural lolas) (Philippines) a grandmother.
Lola means grandmother on the side of your mother and your father; regarless of age. Some Lolas can be as young as 40s because their sons or daughters married or simply got an offspring early.
Usually we call it here for grandfather is “Lolo” and grandmother is “Lola”. So basically you can call grandparents in tagalog as Lolo at Lola.
Etymology. Cognate with Tagalog mamaw (“monster; talented; intelligent”) and Cebuano mamaw (“monster; devil; demon”).
n. mother: mama, mama, inang, inay, nanay, nana, ima, ina.
tita (plural titas) (Philippines) an aunt; auntie. (Philippines, slang) a young adult woman exhibiting the stereotypical characteristics of a Filipina aunt.
Yaya is the word for grandmother in Greek.
The Filipino 'tita' then vs now
Before, the definition of a 'tita' simply referred to one's aunt – either on one's mother's or father's side of the family. In the Philippine context, the definition was also extended to include female friends, co-workers, or colleagues of one's parents.
Filipino is the Hispanized (or Anglicized) way of referring to both the people and the language in the Philippines. Note that it is also correct to say Filipino for a male and Filipina for a female.
Lola is a female given name in Spanish, Romance languages, and other language groups.
In Cantonese, "Po Po" is the term used to identify the grandmother who is the mother of the mother (you mom's mother).
Lulu: A goofy yet adorable nickname for your grandmother. Lovey: A sweet and lovey-dovey nickname for your grandmother.
"Lola" is a popular grandmother nickname in the Philippines— but you don't have to come from the Southeast Asian country to use it.
Noun. yaya. (sometimes derogatory) a nanny. an address to one's nanny.
According to Babycenter.com, the following are the most popular grandparent names. For grandma, we have Nana, Grammy, Granny, Mimi, Gram, Nanny, Oma, Mamaw and Gran. For grandpa, there's Papa, Granddad, Gramps, Pop-Pop, Poppy, Papaw, Pop, Opa and Pappy.
Our three daughters — since they were wee little ones — have referred to Hedy's mother and father by the accepted Dutch grandparent nomenclature: oma and opa. That's also the convention in Germany and parts of Belgium.
Noun. lolo (plural lolos) (Philippines) a grandfather.
In Taglish slang, a mix of Tagalog and English spoken especially by younger people in the Philippines and Filipino diaspora, the word bebe is based on and used to mean baby. Bebe appears in the expression bebe ko (“my baby”) and pabebe (“to act cute or childish”).
As a child, one would refer to one's parents as "Ama" or "Tatay" ("Father", in formal and informal Filipino, respectively) and "Ina" or "Nanay" (Mother, in formal and informal Filipino, respectively).
Grandmother Names From Around the World
Other names used by Filipinos include names for mother which grandchildren pick up, such as Inang and its variations Nanang and Nanay.
Why do I need to know nana? For most British people, the word nana is used to describe a grandmother, but in French it has a very different meaning – as a slang term for girlfriend or just a girl. Very definitely an informal term, but one you will hear frequently from young people chatting, or from watching French TV.
Tagalog. gigi n. acting or moving slowly; dawdling. Pinoy Dictionary 2010 - 2022.