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kalė

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to call out, bark, cry), see also kalbà, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Proto-Celtic *kalyākos.[1]

Pronunciation 1

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  • (kalė̃) IPA(key): /kɐˈlʲěː/

Noun

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kalė̃ f (plural kãlės) stress pattern 4[2]

  1. female dog, bitch[2]
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Pronunciation 2

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  • () IPA(key): /ˈkɑ̌ːlʲeː/

Verb

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kãlė

  1. third-person singular past of kalti
  2. third-person plural past of kalti

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “548-50”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 548-50
  2. 2.0 2.1 Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.