calu
See also: cāļu
Old English
Alternative forms
- calo, caluw
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *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 го́лый (gólyj, “nude”), Sanskrit कुल्व (kulva, “bald”), Persian کل (kal), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kauruua, “bald”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑlu/
Adjective
calu
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
- English: callow
Volapük
Noun
calu
- predicative singular of cal
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