entries → 啦
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
啦 =
˙ㄌㄚ · la
particle — sentence-final la (好啦), often 了+啊 fused

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a mouth — marks it as spoken sound
lā — lends the readinga hand pulling
A mouth (口) marks 啦 as a spoken noise. 拉 lā lends the sound, its "pull" meaning left at the door. 啦 is what 了 and 啊 become when they run together at the end of a sentence — 好了啊 spoken fast is 好啦, the news landing with a little lift.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

嘴()邊借個)的音,把「了」「啊」一連出來——好啦!
A mouth (口) borrows the sound of 拉, runs 了 and 啊 together in one breath — 好啦!
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)好啦、走啦— sentence-final particle (了+啊 fused)常用
啦啦隊— la-la (onomatopoeic syllable)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension