kalā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kala"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Estonian kala and Finnish kala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɑː/, [ˈkɑlɑː]

Noun

kalā

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of kalā (18)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kalā kalād
genitive (genitīv) kalā kalād
partitive (partitīv) ka’llõ ka’ļḑi
dative (datīv) kalān kalādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kalāks kalādõks
illative (illatīv) ka’llõ ka’ļži
inessive (inesīv) kalās ka’ļši
elative (elatīv) kalāst ka’ļšti

References

  • Lauri Kettunen (1938), Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 103
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kalā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Homophones: kala, kāla
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कला (kalā, a division of time).

Noun

kalā

  1. a certain division of time

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kalā

  1. noose, snare
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • hulu kala
  • hulwa kala
  • kinalan
  • kinalā
  • makala-kalā
  • maṅalā
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, bird noose or snare)
    • Indonesian: kala (snare)
  • Balinese: ᬓᬮᬵ (kala)