kallm

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kallëm

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂-m-, enlargment of *kolH- (“awn”) (cf. kalli). Compare Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”), Latin culmus (“haulm”), Old High German halam, Old Prussian salme (“straw”). A loan from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) or Latin calamus is also possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaɫm]
• Rhymes: -aɫm

Noun

kallm m (plural kallma, definite kallmi, definite plural kallmat) (originally Gheg, Arvanitika)

1. (botany) bulrush, cattail (Typha)

   Synonym: kundje

2. (regional) reed, cane

   Synonym: kallam

3. rolling pin

   Synonyms: petës, okllai, hollues

4. part of sock from ankle to knee
5. pipe, pipe-like rod
6. narrow plot of land for vegetable farming

   Synonym: vllajë

Declension

Declension of kallm

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kallm	kallma	kallmi	kallmat
accusative			kallmin
dative	kallmi	kallmave	kallmit	kallmave
ablative		kallmash

Derived terms

• kallmishtë
• kalli

See also

• kallam

Further reading

• “kallm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kallm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 178