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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French calfater. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.ləˈfaː.tə.rə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧le‧fa‧te‧ren

Verb edit

kalefateren

  1. (nautical) to caulk (to fill seems with oakum)
    Synonym: breeuwen
  2. to patch up, to fix

Inflection edit

Inflection of kalefateren (weak)
infinitive kalefateren
past singular kalefaterde
past participle gekalefaterd
infinitive kalefateren
gerund kalefateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kalefater kalefaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) kalefatert kalefaterde
2nd person sing. (u) kalefatert kalefaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) kalefatert kalefaterde
3rd person singular kalefatert kalefaterde
plural kalefateren kalefaterden
subjunctive sing.1 kalefatere kalefaterde
subjunctive plur.1 kalefateren kalefaterden
imperative sing. kalefater
imperative plur.1 kalefatert
participles kalefaterend gekalefaterd
1) Archaic.

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Descendants edit

  • Papiamentu: klafat