Latin

Alternative forms

• calō

Verb

chalō ‎(present infinitive chalāre, perfect active chalāvī, supine chalātum); first conjugation

1. I let down, allow to hang free
2. I loosen
3. I slacken

Inflection

Descendants

• Italian: calare
• Portuguese: calar
• Spanish: calar

References

• chalo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CHALO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chalo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• kalo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalwaz ‎(“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *galw-, *gAlw- ‎(“naked, bald”). Cognate with Old Saxon kalo ‎(“bald”), Middle Low German kāl, kāle ‎(“bald”), Middle Dutch cāle, cālū ‎(“bald”), Old English calu ‎(“bald”), Old Frisian kale ‎(“baldness”), 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): /ˈxa.lo/, /kxa.lo/, /kʰa.lo/

Adjective

chalo

1. bald

Descendants

• Middle High German: kal
  • German: kahl

Spanish

Verb

chalo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of chalar.