kaale

kaale

1. partitive plural of kaal

From Kalo Finnish Romani kaale (“Romani, dark”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːleˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑːle
• Hyphenation^(key): kaa‧le

kaale

1. (chiefly endonymic) Roma, Rom (person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mustalainen

   Alternative form: kaalee

   • 1973, “Huiskihan ne puiden latvat”, in Hai Hortto kaalot, performed by Taisto Lundberg:

     Ja linnastahan kuuluu se kompiampi laulu. / Se on kaaleitten poikien laulu.

     And the prettier song sound from the castle / Its the song of the Romani boys.

• The international term romani is preferred in standard Finnish.
• The endonymic Finnish Kalo terms are kaalo (literally “black man”) and kaali (literally “black woman”). The calque tumma (literally “dark one”) is chiefly used by the Roma themselves.
• In Finnish, the Roma generally use mustalainen (literally “black person”), contrasting it with valkolainen (“Finn”, literally “white person”). However, these terms may be considered offensive by younger non-Romani Finns.

• kaali (similar inflected forms)

• kelaa, lakea

kaale

1. feminine singular of kaalo

kaale

1. plural of kaalo