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Czech
Etymology
From kalit + -ba.
Pronunciation
Noun
kalba f
- (colloquial) carousal, drinking party
- Synonym: pitka
Declension
Declension of kalba (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- kalba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.
Cognates
Related to Old English
hlowan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German
halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek
κλεδον (kledon,
“report, fame”),
κλήση (klḗsē,
“to call”),
κέλαδος (kélados,
“noise”), Middle Irish
cailech (“cock”), Latin
calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit
उषःकल (uṣaḥkala,
“cock”, literally
“dawn-calling”).
Pronunciation
- (nominative / instrumental singular) IPA(key):
- (vocative singular) IPA(key):
- (verb form) IPA(key):
Noun
kalbà f (plural kal̃bos) stress pattern 4
- language
- speech (vocal communication)
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
kal̃ba
- third-person present of kalbė́ti
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 220
Samogitian
Etymology
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Noun
kalba f (plural kalbas)
- language
Declension
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish calva, feminine of calvo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈba/,
- Hyphenation: kal‧ba
Adjective
kalbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊ)
- (uncommon) bald; bald-headed (of females)
- Synonyms: upaw, kalbo