cala

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

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word.

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-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðala/

Noun

cala

1. error
2. guilt, fault
3. disgrace
4. fallacy
5. transgression (caka vala)

Adjective

cala

1. wrong, erroneous, faulty
2. culpable, guilty

Adverb

cala

1. amiss, astray

Verb

cala

1. to err, deviate

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

Verb

cala

1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

• laça

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/
• Hyphenation: cà‧la

Etymology 1

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

Derived terms

• caletta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cala

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

Further reading

• cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

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Latin

Etymology 1

From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.la/, [ˈkäːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkɑːlɑ]

Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

1. log to burn

Declension

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.laː/, [ˈkäɫ̪äː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkɑːlɑ]

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lɐ/, [ˈka.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: ca‧la

Verb

cala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of calar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) 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

Mutation

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.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkala/, [ˈka.la]

Etymology 1

From calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)

   Synonym: prueba

2. try, attempt

   Synonyms: prueba, intento

3. testing

   Synonym: prueba

4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)

   Synonym: supositorio

Related terms

• calar
• calilla

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)

   Synonym: alcatraz

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

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.

References

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

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Swazi

Etymology

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

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, caly

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.