ܟܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Root
ܟ ܠ ܐ (k l ˀ)
6 terms

From Aramaic כְּלָא (kəlāʾ); cognate to Hebrew כָּלָה (kalá, “to be finished, to have run out”)

ܟܵܠܹܐ • (kālē) (present participle ܟܠܵܝܵܐ (klāyā), past participle ܟܸܠܝܵܐ (kilyā))

(intransitive) to stop, come to a stop, to come to a standstill
ܟܠܝܼ (klī, “halt!, stop!, whoa!”)

ܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܠܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܹ̈ܐ ܣܡܘܿܩܹ̈ܐ.
klē lī l-nīšanqē smōqē.
I stopped at the red traffic lights.

ܫܓ݂ܘܼܫܝܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܟܵܠܝܼ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ.
šḡušyē bit kālī īman d-šurṭā ˁāḇēr.
The riots will stop when police moved in.
(intransitive) to stand, to be standing still
ܟܸܠܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܦܲܐܬܵܐ ܕܕܸܟܵܢܵܐ.
kilyā ìwen qam paˀtā d-dikkānā.
I'm standing at the front of the shop.

ܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܐ ܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܣܦܵܪܵܐ ܩܵܬܘܼܟ݂ ܒܥܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ.
klē lī qā mitḥā yarīḵā bispārā qātūḵ b-ˁālōlā.
I stood for a long time waiting for you in the street.

ܟܹܐ ܟܵܠܲܚ ܕܲܠܩܘܼܒ݂ܠ ܫܘܼܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܘܟܵܒ݂ܘܿܫܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬܲܢ.
kē kālaḥ dalquḇl šuˁmārā w-kāḇōšūtā d-arˁātan.
We stand against the colonisation and occupation of our land.
(intransitive) to stand up for [+ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܒܵܐ (object)]
ܣܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܕܟܵܠܹܝܬ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܒܝܼ.
sīmā ìwet wā d-kālēt min gēbī.
You were supposed to stand up for me.

Conjugation of ܟܵܠܹܐ (kālē)