cala
Catalan
Further reading
- “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðala/
Italian
Etymology
Via a Vulgar Latin *calare, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.la/
Derived terms
Latin
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cāla | cālae |
Genitive | cālae | cālārum |
Dative | cālae | cālīs |
Accusative | cālam | cālās |
Ablative | cālā | cālīs |
Vocative | cāla | cālae |
References
- cala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkala/
Etymology 1
From calar, from Latin chalāre (“to descend”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Noun
cala f (plural calas)
- prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
- try, attempt
- testing
- suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
Synonyms
- (prove): prueba
- (try): prueba, intento
- (testing): prueba
- (suppository): supositorio
Verb
cala
Etymology 2
Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (lily): alcatraz
References
- “cala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Volapük
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkala/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːla/, /ˈkala/
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