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kal

See also: kaļ, kał, kál, kål, ką̊l, käl-, -kal, -kál, -kal-, and кал

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

kal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Greenlandic.

Acholi edit

Noun edit

kál

  1. millet

Assangori edit

Noun edit

kal

  1. water

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Atong (India) edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kal (Bengali script কাল)

  1. horn (traditional instrument)

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Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic کال
Abjad кал

Etymology edit

From Persian کال.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [cɑɫ]
  • Audio(file)

Adjective edit

kal (comparative daha kal, superlative ən kal)

  1. unripe
    Synonyms: dəyməmiş, yetişməmiş, göy
  2. dull, stupid
    Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, gecanlayan, tupoy
  3. (of voice) hoarse
    Synonyms: tutqun, boğunuq
  4. only used in yuxudan kal durmaq tired, half asleep, sleep-deprived
    Yuxudan kal durmuşam. ― I woke up tired, I didn't get enough sleep.

Further reading edit

  • “kal” in Obastan.com.

Central Nahuatl edit

Noun edit

kal

  1. house.

Cornish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Variant of kalgh

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /kal/

Noun edit

kal f (plural kalghyow)

  1. (anatomy) penis

Czech edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

Noun edit

kal m inan

  1. dregs (suspended sediment or other particles in a liquid)
Declension edit
Declension of kal (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kal kaly
genitive kalu kalů
dative kalu kalům
accusative kal kaly
vocative kale kaly
locative kalu kalech
instrumental kalem kaly

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

kal

  1. second-person singular imperative of kalit

Further reading edit

  • kal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kal in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kal

  1. inflection of kallen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun edit

kal

  1. what

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kal n (genitive singular kals, no plural)

  1. frostbite

Declension edit

declension of kal
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative kal kalið
accusative kal kalið
dative kali kalinu
genitive kals kalsins

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese qual.

Pronoun edit

kal

  1. which

Kholosi edit

Etymology edit

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (kalla)), from Sanskrit कल्य (kalya).

Adverb edit

kal

  1. yesterday
    Antonym: sabô

References edit

  • Rezaei, Tahereh (2020) First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎[1], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

Kristang edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese qual.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

kal

  1. (interrogative) what; which[1]
  2. (relative) which[2]

References edit

  • Ladislav Prištic (2010) Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University
  1. ^ Prištic, p. 27
  2. ^ Prištic, p. 27

Ladino edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Hebrew קָהָל (qahál, “community”).

Noun edit

kal m (Latin spelling)

  1. (Judaism) synagogue
  2. community

Further reading edit

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “caħal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “kal”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 261
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “kal”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 205
  • Recuero, Pascual (1977) “kal”, in Diccionario Básico Ladino-Español (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, →ISBN, page 76

Latvian edit

Verb edit

kal

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

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German and Old High German *kald, northern variant of kalt.

Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, West Frisian kâld.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kal (masculine kalen, neuter kaalt, comparative méi kal, superlative am keelsten)

  1. cold

Declension edit

declension of kal
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass kal si ass kal et ass kal si si(nn) kal
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner kalen kal kaalt kal
independent without determiner kales kaler
dative after any declined word kalen kaler kalen kalen
as first declined word kalem kalem

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Related to Arabic كَهْل (kahl, “elderly”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. (of people) old
    Synonyms: îxtîyar, kokin, mezin, navsera, pîr, sere
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. old man
    Synonyms: îxtîyar, kalik, kokin
Declension edit
Declension of kal
Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative kal kal
Construct kalê kalên
Oblique kalî kalan
Demonstrative oblique wî kalî wan kalan
Vocative kalo kalino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative kalek kalin
Construct kalekî kaline
Oblique kalekî kalinan

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps related to Persian کال (kâl, “year”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. (of melons or corn) unripe, green
    Synonyms: xam, xang
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

  1. watermelon
    Synonyms: kalik, şiftî, zebeş
  2. melon
    Synonym: gindor

References edit

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “kal”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 413

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (“dark”), whence also Latin cālīgō (“darkness, gloom”) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑л)

  1. mud
    Synonyms: blato, mulj, kaljuga

Declension edit

Declension of kal
singular plural
nominative kal kali
genitive kala kala
dative kalu kalima
accusative kal kale
vocative kalu kali
locative kalu kalima
instrumental kalem kalima

South Efate edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kal

  1. digging stick

Sumerian edit

Romanization edit

kal

  1. Romanization of 𒆗 (kal)

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From or related to Old Norse *kǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bare, bald”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

kal (comparative kalare, superlative kalast)

  1. lacking its natural covering; bare, without hair or vegetation or leaves or the like
    en kal skalle
    a bald head
    ett kalt träd
    a tree without leaves
    en kal grotta
    a cave with nothing more than the stone walls (no moss, vines, etc.)
  2. bare (lacking decorations)
    kala väggar
    bare walls
    ett kalt rum
    a bare room

Declension edit

Inflection of kal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kal kalare kalast
Neuter singular kalt kalare kalast
Plural kala kalare kalast
Masculine plural3 kale kalare kalast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kale kalare kalaste
All kala kalare kalaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Tama (Chad) edit

Noun edit

kal

  1. water

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Tedim Chin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kal, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Khumi Chin ämäkei, Mizo kal and Zou kel.

Noun edit

kal

  1. kidney

References edit

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kal

  1. second-person singular imperative of kalmak

Wik-Mungkan edit

Noun edit

kal

  1. rat

Zou edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

kal

  1. (intransitive) to increase

References edit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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