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calu

calu

See also: cāļu

Old English

Alternative forms

Adjective

calu

  1. (of persons) bald
  2. (of plants) bare

Declension

Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative calwa calwe calwe calwan nom. calu calu calu calwe calu, -calwe calwa, -e
accusative calwan calwe calwan acc. calone calu calwe calwe calu, -calwe calwa, -calwe
genitive calwan calora, calwena gen. calwes calwes calore calora
dative calwan calwum dat. calwum calwum calore calwum
instrumental calwe

Related terms

  • calwa

Descendants

  • Middle English: calwe

Volapük

Noun

calu

  1. predicative singular of cal

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalwaz ‎(“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *galw-, *gAlw- ‎(“naked, bald”). Cognate with Old Frisian kale ‎(“baldness”), Middle Low German kāl, kāle ‎(“bald”), Middle Dutch cāle, cālū ‎(“bald”), Old High German chalo, kalo, kalwēr ‎(“bald”), Latin calvus ‎(“bald”), Old Church Slavonic голъ ‎(golŭ, “nude”), Russian голый ‎(gólyj, “nude”), Sanskrit कुल्व ‎(kulva, “bald”), Persian کل ‎(kal), Avestan [script needed] ‎(kauruua, “bald”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑlu/

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