kalva
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian calvo, Spanish calvo, Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kalva (accusative singular kalvan, plural kalvaj, accusative plural kalvajn)
Finnish edit
Verb edit
kalva
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto kalva, Italian calvo, Spanish calvo, from Latin calvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
kalva
Derived terms edit
- kalveskar (“to go bald”)
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From the same root as kálnas (“mountain”). Cognate with Latvian kalna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalvà f (plural kal̃vos) stress pattern 4
Declension edit
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | kalvà | kal̃vos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | kalvõs | kalvų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | kal̃vai | kalvóms |
accusative (galininkas) | kal̃vą | kalvàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | kalvà | kalvomìs |
locative (vietininkas) | kalvojè | kalvosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | kal̃va | kal̃vos |
Noun edit
kal̃va f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From kalv (“calf”), compare Faroese kálva. Doublet of kjelva.
Verb edit
kalva (present tense kalvar, past tense kalva, past participle kalva, passive infinitive kalvast, present participle kalvande, imperative kalva/kalv)
References edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
kalva (present kalvar, preterite kalvade, supine kalvat, imperative kalva)
- (about a cow) to give birth
- (about an iceberg or glacier) to calve
- (colloquial) vomit
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | kalva | — | ||
Supine | kalvat | — | ||
Imperative | kalva | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kalven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kalvar | kalvade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | kalva | kalvade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | kalve | kalvade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kalvande | |||
Past participle | kalvad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
References edit
- kalva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kalva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kalva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)