calu

See also: cāļu

Old English

Alternative forms

• calo, caluw

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalwaz ‎(“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *galw-, *gAlw- ‎(“naked, bald”). Cognate with Old Frisian kale ‎(“baldness”), Middle Low German kāl, kāle ‎(“bald”), Middle Dutch cāle, cālū ‎(“bald”), Old High German chalo, kalo, kalwēr ‎(“bald”), Latin calvus ‎(“bald”), Old Church Slavonic голъ ‎(golŭ, “nude”), Russian голый ‎(gólyj, “nude”), Sanskrit कुल्व ‎(kulva, “bald”), Persian کل ‎(kal), Avestan [script needed] ‎(kauruua, “bald”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑlu/

Adjective

calu

1. (of persons) bald
2. (of plants) bare

Declension

Weak							Strong
case	singular			plural			case	singular			plural
	m	n	f					m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	calwa	calwe	calwe	calwan			nom.	calu	calu	calu	calwe	calu, -calwe	calwa, -e
accusative	calwan	calwe	calwan				acc.	calone	calu	calwe	calwe	calu, -calwe	calwa, -calwe
genitive	calwan			calora, calwena			gen.	calwes	calwes	calore	calora
dative	calwan			calwum			dat.	calwum	calwum	calore	calwum
							instrumental	calwe

Related terms

• calwa

Descendants

• Middle English: calwe
  • English: callow

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Noun

calu

1. predicative singular of cal