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cala

cala

Catalan

Noun

cala f (plural cales)

  1. cove

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðala/

Verb

cala

  1. To err. (clarification of this Fijian definition is being sought)

French

Verb

cala

  1. third-person singular past historic of caler

Anagrams


Italian

Etymology

Via a Late Latin *calare, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

Noun

cala f (plural cale)

  1. inlet, cove
  2. (nautical) hold

Synonyms

Verb

cala

  1. third-person singular present of calare
  2. second-person singular imperative of calare

Latin

Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

  1. log to burn

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cāla cālae
genitive cālae cālārum
dative cālae cālīs
accusative cālam cālās
ablative cālā cālīs
vocative cāla cālae

Verb

calā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

References


Portuguese

Verb

cala

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of calar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of calar

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish calad (shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)), from Late Latin calatum.

Noun

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

  1. harbour

Synonyms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkala/

Noun

cala f (plural calas)

  1. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
  2. cove

Synonyms

Related terms

Verb

cala

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of calar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of calar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of calar.

References


Volapük

Noun

cala

  1. genitive singular of cal

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkala/

Noun

cala f (plural caliau)

  1. (anatomy) ****

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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.