cala
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural cales)
Further reading[edit]
- “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Fijian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cala
Adjective[edit]
cala
Adverb[edit]
cala
Verb[edit]
cala
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cala
- third-person singular past historic of caler
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Via a Vulgar Latin *calare, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural cale)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cala
- inflection of calare:
Further reading[edit]
- cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension
- log to burn
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cāla | cālae |
| Genitive | cālae | cālārum |
| Dative | cālae | cālīs |
| Accusative | cālam | cālās |
| Ablative | cālā | cālīs |
| Vocative | cāla | cālae |
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
calā
References[edit]
- “cala”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- cala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧la
- Rhymes: -alɐ
Verb[edit]
cala
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of calar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of calar
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.
Noun[edit]
cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cala | chala |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Sicilian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala.
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural cali)
Descendants[edit]
- → Italian: cala
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Verb[edit]
cala
- inflection of calari:
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural calas)
- prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
- Synonym: prueba
- try, attempt
- testing
- Synonym: prueba
- suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
- Synonym: supositorio
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural calas)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural calas)
- calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
- Synonym: alcatraz
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
cala
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of calar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of calar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of calar.
Further reading[edit]
- “cala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swazi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
-cála
- to begin
Inflection[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
cala
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkala/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːla/, /ˈkala/
Noun[edit]
cala f (plural caliau)
Mutation[edit]
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cala | gala | nghala | chala |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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