kalú

Pumpokol

Alternative forms

  • kalà (M.)

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Mongolic *kelen (“speech”) or Proto-Uralic *käle (“tongue, language”). Also compare Kott kalakai, kalakei (“to stutter”) (C.) and Arin kalbin (“Be silent!”) (M., W., Kl.).

Verb

kalú (W.)

  1. to speak, to say

Further reading

  • Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 182-183
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