Etymology

la la

Today it means: Venus clams (as food) Full definition →

Hokkien 啦啦
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from啦啦
  2. English todayla la

From Hokkien 啦啦 (la-la), a reduplication of 蜊 (lâ, “clam”).

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.