calle-calle

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌcalːeˈcalːe/, [ˌcçal.lɛ.ˈcçal.lɛ]
• Hyphenation: cal.le.cal.le

Noun

calle-calle (Lontara spelling ᨌᨒᨙᨌᨒᨙ)

1. (anatomy) cervix, the neck of the womb.

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI

Spanish

Alternative forms

• callecalle

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun kallekalle.

Noun

calle-calle m (plural calle-calles)

1. New Zealand satin flower (Libertia chilensis)

Further reading

• “callecalle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10