cala

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cala"

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.

Noun

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cala f (plural cales)

  1. cove

Etymology 2

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Deverbal from calar

Noun

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cala f (plural cales)

  1. casting (of nets)
    Synonym: calada
  2. lowering (of sails)
  3. probe, sound
    Synonym: sonda
  4. (archaeology, construction) trench
  5. (medicine) suppository
    Synonym: supositori

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Fijian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cala

  1. error
  2. guilt, fault
  3. disgrace
  4. fallacy
  5. transgression (caka vala)

Adjective

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cala

  1. wrong, erroneous, faulty
  2. culpable, guilty

Adverb

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cala

  1. amiss, astray

Verb

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cala

  1. to err, deviate

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.la/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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cala

  1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: cà‧la

Etymology 1

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Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

Noun

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cala f (plural cale)

  1. inlet, cove
    Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura
  2. (nautical) hold
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

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Noun

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cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

  1. log to burn
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cāla cālae
Genitive cālae cālārum
Dative cālae cālīs
Accusative cālam cālās
Ablative cālā cālīs
Vocative cāla cālae

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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calā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

References

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Verb

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cala

  1. imperative active second-person singular of calati (“to move”)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧la
  • Rhymes: -alɐ

Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

Noun

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cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

  1. harbour
    Synonyms: acarsaid, port

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cala chala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈka.la/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: cà‧la

Etymology 1

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Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.

Noun

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cala f (plural cali)

  1. inlet, cove, creek
    Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.
    We are going to Moss cove.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Italian: cala

Etymology 2

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From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calari:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkala/ [ˈka.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ca‧la

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Noun

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cala f (plural calas)

  1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
    Synonym: prueba
  2. try, attempt
    Synonyms: prueba, intento
  3. testing
    Synonym: prueba
  4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
    Synonym: supositorio
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Etymology 2

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Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".

Noun

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cala f (plural calas)

  2. cove
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.

Noun

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cala f (plural calas)

  1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
    Synonym: alcatraz

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cala

  1. inflection of calar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Swazi

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Etymology

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

Verb

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-cála

  1. to begin

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Ternate

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Etymology

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Within North Halmahera, cognate to Tidore cala, Tabaru caana, Loloda calana, etc., all meaning '1000'. Direct external cognates include West Makian calan, East Makian calan, Waigeo calan, Wandamen siaran, Biak syáran, also all meaning '1000'. The external cognates are generally believed to be due to Ternate-Tidore influence.

Beyond these, see also Chamorro chålan (“thousand”), Tagalog daan (“hundred”), Kapampangan dálan (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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cala

  1. thousand

Volapük

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Noun

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cala

  1. genitive singular of cal

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

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Noun

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cala f (plural caliau)

  1. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: pidyn, penis

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cala gala nghala chala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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