kala

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Persian قلعه‎ (qal'e), from Arabic قَلْعَة‎ (qalʿa).

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /kala/

Noun

kala f (indefinite plural kala, definite singular kalaja)

1. castle, fortress

Romanization

kala

1. Romanization of ᬓᬮ

Noun

kala

1. nothing

Adverb

kala

1. no, not

Noun

kala

1. straw (collective)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

Noun

kala (genitive kala, partitive kala)

1. fish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Northern Sami guolli, Ter Sami kɨllˈe (“fish”), and Hungarian hal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧la

Noun

kala

1. fish

   Hauki on kala.

   A pike is a fish.

2. (collectively) fish

   Tässä järvessä on paljon kalaa.

   There's lots of fish in this lake.

3. fish

   Syön usein kalaa.

   I often eat fish.

4. (idiomatic) fishing (as a personal activity, used with the verbs olla (“to be”) and mennä (“to go”), lähteä (“to leave”), and käydä (“to go and come back”))

   olla kalassa

   to go fishing

   käydä kalassa

   to go fishing

   mennä kalaan

   to go fishing

   lähteä kalaan

   to go fishing

   lähteä kalalle

   to go fishing

   Käytkö usein kalassa?

   Do you often go fishing?

5. seafood

   Mennään kalaravintolaan.

   Let's go to a seafood restaurant.

Etymology

From Old Norse kala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːla/
  • Rhymes: -aːla

Verb

kala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kól, third-person plural past indicative kólu, supine kalið)

1. (impersonal) to become frostbitten

   Mig kól á tám.

   My toes became frostbitten.

Etymology 1

From Malay kala, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

Etymology 2

From Malay kala.

Etymology 3

Unknown

Etymology 4

Unknown

Etymology 5

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala

Noun

kala (genitive kalan, partitive kallaa)

1. fish

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese kāla, borrowed from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “period of time”).

Etymology 2

From Old Javanese kalā and kala

Etymology 3

From Old Javanese kala

Etymology 4

From Old Javanese kala, possibly borrowed from Sanskrit खल (khala, “mischievous man”).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Northern Sami guolli, Ter Sami kɨllˈe (“fish”), and Hungarian hal.

Noun

kala (genitive kalan, partitive kalua)

1. fish

Verb

kala

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of kalt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of kalt

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala.

Noun

kala

1. fish

Alternative forms

• کالا‎

Etymology

From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kalə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kala/
• Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə

Noun

kala

1. time (inevitable passing of events)
2. time (quantity of availability in time)
3. time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
4. time (particular moment or hour)
5. time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
6. time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

Etymology

From English color.

Noun

kala

1. color

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

Noun

kala

1. fish

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “рыба”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

Noun

kala (genitive kalaa, partitive kalaa)

1. fish

References

• "kala" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑlɑ/

Noun

kala (genitive kala, partitive kalla)

1. fish

Verb

kala

1. to hunt

References

• Maarten Mous, The Making of a Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu