kalā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kala"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Estonian kala and Finnish kala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɑː/, [ˈkɑlɑˑ]

Noun

kalā

1. fish

Declension

Declension of kalā (18)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kalā	kalād
genitive (genitīv)	kalā	kalād
partitive (partitīv)	ka’llõ	ka’ļḑi
dative (datīv)	kalān	kalādõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kalāks	kalādõks
illative (illatīv)	ka’llõ	ka’ļži
inessive (inesīv)	kalās	ka’ļši
elative (elatīv)	kalāst	ka’ļšti

References

• Lauri Kettunen (1938), Livisches Wörterbuch mit grammatischer Einleitung, Helsinki, page 103
• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kalā”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Homophones: kala, kāla
• Hyphenation: ka‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit कला (kalā, “a division of time”).

Noun

kalā

1. a certain division of time

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kalā

1. noose, snare

Alternative forms

• kala

Derived terms

• hulu kala
• hulwa kala
• kinalan
• kinalā
• makala-kalā
• maṅalā

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, “bird noose or snare”)
  • → Indonesian: kala (“snare”)
• → Balinese: ᬓᬮᬵ (kala)