kalja
Finnish
Etymology
From earlier *kaleja or *kaleta, from an early Indo-European language; compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-u-t- (“beer”) (Proto-Slavic *olъ, Proto-Germanic *alu, Old Prussian alu, Old Armenian աւղի (awłi)). Akin to olut, a later borrowing from Baltic or Germanic, and to Estonian kali.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑljɑ/, [ˈkɑljɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑljɑ
- Hyphenation: kal‧ja
Usage notes
The difference between kalja and Russian or Ukrainian kvass is that the former is made from malt whereas kvass is usually made of bread. Due to the similarity, also kvass is often called kalja in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of kalja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kalja | kaljat | |
| genitive | kaljan | kaljojen | |
| partitive | kaljaa | kaljoja | |
| illative | kaljaan | kaljoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kalja | kaljat | |
| accusative | nom. | kalja | kaljat |
| gen. | kaljan | ||
| genitive | kaljan | kaljojen kaljainrare | |
| partitive | kaljaa | kaljoja | |
| inessive | kaljassa | kaljoissa | |
| elative | kaljasta | kaljoista | |
| illative | kaljaan | kaljoihin | |
| adessive | kaljalla | kaljoilla | |
| ablative | kaljalta | kaljoilta | |
| allative | kaljalle | kaljoille | |
| essive | kaljana | kaljoina | |
| translative | kaljaksi | kaljoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaljoin | |
| abessive | kaljatta | kaljoitta | |
| comitative | — | kaljoineen | |
Derived terms
- kaljoitella
- olla kaljoissaan
Compounds
compounds
- kaljabasso
- kaljakori
- kaljakuppila
- kaljamaha
- kaljanpano
- kaljapullo
- kaljasaavi
- keskikalja
- kotikalja
- pikakalja
- rapakalja
- samppakalja
- saunakalja
- talouskalja
- vaarinkalja
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