kalba

See also: kalbą, Kalba, and калба

Czech

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *kaliti

Czech kalit

Czech -ba

Czech kalba

From kalit + -ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkalba]
• Rhymes: -alba

Noun

kalba f

1. (colloquial) carousal, drinking party

   Synonym: pitka

Declension

Declension of kalba (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kalba	kalby
genitive	kalby	kaleb
dative	kalbě	kalbám
accusative	kalbu	kalby
vocative	kalbo	kalby
locative	kalbě	kalbách
instrumental	kalbou	kalbami

Further reading

• “kalba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.

Cognates

Related to Old English hlowan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek κλεδον (kledon, “report, fame”), κλήση (klḗsē, “to call”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐlˈbɐ] (nominative / instrumental singular)

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ
  • Syllabification: kal‧bà
• IPA^(key): [²ˈkɐlˑbɐ] (vocative singular; verb form)
  • Rhymes: -ɐlˑbɐ
  • Syllabification: kal̃‧ba

Noun

kalbà f (plural kal̃bos) stress pattern 4

1. language
2. speech (vocal communication)

Declension

Declension of kalbà

	singular	plural
nominative	kalbà	kal̃bos
genitive	kalbõs	kalbų̃
dative	kal̃bai	kalbóms
accusative	kal̃bą	kalbàs
instrumental	kalbà	kalbomi̇̀s
locative	kalbojè	kalbosè
vocative	kal̃ba	kal̃bos

Derived terms

• pokalbis

Descendants

• → Russian: калба́ (kalbá)

Verb

kal̃ba

1. third-person present of kalbė́ti

Samogitian

Etymology

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Noun

kalba f (plural kalbas)

1. language

Declension

Declension of kalba

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kalba	kalbė	kalbas
genitive	kalbuos	kalbū	kalbū
dative	kalbā	kalbuom	kalbuoms
accusative	kalba	kalbė	kalbas
instrumental	kalbo	kalbuom	kalbuoms
locative	kalbuo	kalbuos	kalbuos
vocative	kalba	kalbė	kalbas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calva, feminine of calvo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kalˈba/ [kɐlˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: kal‧ba

Adjective

kalbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊ)

1. (uncommon) bald; bald-headed (of females)

   Synonyms: upaw, kalbo

Anagrams

• bakal, bakla, balak, labak