kalla

From *kallë, derivative of kall.

kalla pl

1. slander, calumny

• kall
• kallëzoj

From Arabic قَلَّى (qallā).

kalla II (present pikalli) (transitive)

1. to fry

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 394

kalla (genitive , partitive )

1. Zantedeschia, calla lily, arum lily (any plant of the genus Zantedeschia)

kalla

1. illative singular of kala

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

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kalla (third person singular past indicative kallaði, third person plural past indicative kallaðu, supine kallað)

1. to call

From translingual Calla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): kal‧la

kalla

1. Zantedeschia, calla lily, arum lily (plant of the genus Zantedeschia)
2. calla lily, arum lily, hardy arum, Zantedeschia aethiopica

The plants of the related genus Calla are called suovehka in Finnish.

• (Zantedeschia): huonevehka
• (Zantedeschia aethiopica): valkohuonevehka

• “kalla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰatla/
• Rhymes: -atla

kalla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kallaði, supine kallað)

1. to call, name, refer to

   Hann er kallaður Vífill.

   He's called Vífill.

2. to call, to shout
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

• kallari (“crier”)

Related to kallas (“slope”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlːɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑlːɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation: kal‧la

kalla (comparative kallamp)

1. sloping

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 128

kalla f (4th declension)

1. calla

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Akin to English call.

• kalle (e- and split infinitives)

• IPA^(key): /²kɑlːɑ/

kalla (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kalla/kall)

1. to call (to name or refer to)

   Kva kallar ein denne greia?

   What is this thing called?

2. call (to cry or shout)

• kall

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• kalli (superseded)

kalla n

1. definite plural of kall

• “kalla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla (singular past indicative kallaði, plural past indicative kǫlluðu, past participle kallaðr)

1. to call, name, refer to (as)
2. to call, shout

• Icelandic: kalla
• Faroese: kalla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kalla, kalle
• Old Swedish: kalla
  • Swedish: kalla
• Elfdalian: kolla
• Danish: kalde

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kalla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla

1. to call, name
2. to summon, call for

• Swedish: kalla

• kalla in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

• IPA^(key): /²kalːa/

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From Old Swedish kalla, from Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla (present kallar, preterite kallade, supine kallat, imperative kalla)

1. to call, denote, refer to; to give as a name
2. to call, request, beckon, summon

kalla

1. inflection of kall:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• kalla in Svensk ordbok.