cala
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.
Noun edit
cala f (plural cales)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cala f (plural cales)
- casting (of nets)
- Synonym: calada
- lowering (of sails)
- probe, sound
- Synonym: sonda
- (archaeology, construction) trench
- (medicine) suppository
- Synonym: supositori
Further reading edit
- “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calar:
Fijian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cala
Adjective edit
cala
Adverb edit
cala
Verb edit
cala
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
cala
- third-person singular past historic of caler
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calar:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.
Noun edit
cala f (plural cale)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calare:
Further reading edit
- cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.la/, [ˈkäːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]
Noun edit
cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension
- log to burn
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cāla | cālae |
Genitive | cālae | cālārum |
Dative | cālae | cālīs |
Accusative | cālam | cālās |
Ablative | cālā | cālīs |
Vocative | cāla | cālae |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.laː/, [ˈkäɫ̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]
Verb edit
calā
References edit
- “cala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
cala
- imperative active second-person singular of calati (“to move”)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧la
- Rhymes: -alɐ
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calar:
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.
Noun edit
cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cala | chala |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Sicilian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.
Noun edit
cala f (plural cali)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Italian: cala
Etymology 2 edit
From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calari:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Noun edit
cala f (plural calas)
- prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
- Synonym: prueba
- try, attempt
- testing
- Synonym: prueba
- suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
- Synonym: supositorio
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".
Noun edit
cala f (plural calas)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.
Noun edit
cala f (plural calas)
- calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
- Synonym: alcatraz
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cala
- inflection of calar:
Further reading edit
- “cala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
-cála
- to begin
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Ternate edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Numeral edit
cala
Volapük edit
Noun edit
cala
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkala/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːla/, /ˈkala/
Noun edit
cala f (plural caliau)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |