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kal

kal

See also: kál, kål, kaļ, ką̊l, kał, and -kál

Acholi

Noun

kal (kál)

  1. millet

Czech

Noun

kal m

  1. dregs (suspended sediment or other particles in a liquid)

Declension


Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

kal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kallen
  2. imperative of kallen

Anagrams


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

kal n (genitive singular kals, no plural)

  1. frostbite

Declension

Derived terms

  • kalinn
  • kalsár

Anagrams


Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese qual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kal/

Pronoun

kal

  1. (interrogative) what; which[1]
  2. (relative) which[2]

References

  • 2010, Ladislav Prištic, Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa, Masaryk University.
  1. Prištic, p. 27
  2. Prištic, p. 27

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew.

Noun

kal m (Latin spelling)

  1. (Judaism) synagogue
  2. community

Latvian

Verb

kal

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of kalt
  2. 2nd person singular imperative form of kalt

Lojban

Rafsi

kal

  1. rafsi of kanla.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German (*)kald, northern variant of kalt, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz. Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, West Frisian kâld.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːl/
    • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

kal (masculine kalen, neuter kaalt, comparative méi kal, superlative am keelsten)

  1. cold

Derived terms

Antonyms


Nahuatl

Noun

kal

  1. house

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kahani. Compare Classical Nahuatl calli (house)

Pronunciation

  • (Izalco) IPA(key): /kal/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ɡal/
  • (Cuisnahuat) IPA(key): /kaɬ/, /kaːl/
  • (Teotepeque) IPA(key): /kal/
  • (Jicalapa) IPA(key): /kaɬʲ/

Noun

kal (plural kajkal)

  1. house
    Ne nukunpa nemi tik uni kal tultik
    My friend lives in that yellow house

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (dark), whence also Latin cālīgō (darkness, gloom) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, black).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâːl/

Noun

kȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑л)

  1. mud

Declension

Synonyms


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːl
  • Homophones: Karl, Carl

Adjective

kal

  1. (about trees, plants or surroundings) naked; without leeves, trees , hair, growth etc.
    En kal grotta.
    A cave with nothing more than the stone walls, no moss or vines etc.
    Ett kalt träd.
    A tree witt no leeves, just all naked.

Inflection

Inflection of kal
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kal kalare kalast
Neuter singular kalt kalare kalast
Plural kala kalare kalast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kale kalare kalaste
All kala kalare kalaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Wik-Mungkan

Noun

kal

  1. rat