cala

See also: Cala, calá, čala, čála, cała, ca̱la̱', cāļa, çalá, and całą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/

Noun

cala f (plural cales)

1. cove

Further reading

• “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðala/

Verb

cala

1. To err. (clarification of this definition is needed)

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French

Verb

cala

1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

• laça

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Italian

Etymology

Via a Vulgar Latin *calare, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

Noun

cala f (plural cale)

1. inlet, cove

   Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura

2. (nautical) hold

Verb

cala

1. third-person singular present of calare
2. second-person singular imperative of calare

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Latin

Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

1. log to burn

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cāla	cālae
Genitive	cālae	cālārum
Dative	cālae	cālīs
Accusative	cālam	cālās
Ablative	cālā	cālīs
Vocative	cāla	cālae

Verb

calā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

References

• cala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Verb

cala

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of calar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of calar

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• caladh

Etymology

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

Noun

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

1. harbour

Synonyms

• acarsaid
• port

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkala/

Etymology 1

From calar, from Latin chalāre (“to descend”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
2. try, attempt
3. testing
4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)

Synonyms

• (prove): prueba
• (try): prueba, intento
• (testing): prueba
• (suppository): supositorio

Related terms

• calar
• calilla

Verb

cala

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of calar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of calar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of calar.

Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

1. cove

Derived terms

• caleta

See also

• bahía
• ensenada

Etymology 3

From New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)

Synonyms

• (lily): alcatraz

References

• “cala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swazi

Verb

-cála

1. to begin

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Volapük

Noun

cala

1. genitive singular of cal

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• cal

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkala/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːla/, /ˈkala/

Noun

cala f (plural caliau)

1. (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

• pidyn
• penis

Mutation

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.