kalu

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Central Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kalau (“if, when”).

Conjunction

kalu

  1. if

References

Estonian

Noun

kalu

  1. partitive plural of kala

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kalu. Possibly related to Northern Sami gálvu.

Pronunciation

Noun

kalu

  1. physical thing, object, tool
  2. (colloquial) penis

Declension

Inflection of kalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kalu kalut
genitive kalun kalujen
partitive kalua kaluja
illative kaluun kaluihin
singular plural
nominative kalu kalut
accusative nom. kalu kalut
gen. kalun
genitive kalun kalujen
partitive kalua kaluja
inessive kalussa kaluissa
elative kalusta kaluista
illative kaluun kaluihin
adessive kalulla kaluilla
ablative kalulta kaluilta
allative kalulle kaluille
essive kaluna kaluina
translative kaluksi kaluiksi
abessive kalutta kaluitta
instructive — kaluin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kaluni kaluni
accusative nom. kaluni kaluni
gen. kaluni
genitive kaluni kalujeni
partitive kaluani kalujani
inessive kalussani kaluissani
elative kalustani kaluistani
illative kaluuni kaluihini
adessive kalullani kaluillani
ablative kalultani kaluiltani
allative kalulleni kaluilleni
essive kalunani kaluinani
translative kalukseni kaluikseni
abessive kaluttani kaluittani
instructive — —
comitative — kaluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kalusi kalusi
accusative nom. kalusi kalusi
gen. kalusi
genitive kalusi kalujesi
partitive kaluasi kalujasi
inessive kalussasi kaluissasi
elative kalustasi kaluistasi
illative kaluusi kaluihisi
adessive kalullasi kaluillasi
ablative kalultasi kaluiltasi
allative kalullesi kaluillesi
essive kalunasi kaluinasi
translative kaluksesi kaluiksesi
abessive kaluttasi kaluittasi
instructive — —
comitative — kaluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kalumme kalumme
accusative nom. kalumme kalumme
gen. kalumme
genitive kalumme kalujemme
partitive kaluamme kalujamme
inessive kalussamme kaluissamme
elative kalustamme kaluistamme
illative kaluumme kaluihimme
adessive kalullamme kaluillamme
ablative kalultamme kaluiltamme
allative kalullemme kaluillemme
essive kalunamme kaluinamme
translative kaluksemme kaluiksemme
abessive kaluttamme kaluittamme
instructive — —
comitative — kaluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kalunne kalunne
accusative nom. kalunne kalunne
gen. kalunne
genitive kalunne kalujenne
partitive kaluanne kalujanne
inessive kalussanne kaluissanne
elative kalustanne kaluistanne
illative kaluunne kaluihinne
adessive kalullanne kaluillanne
ablative kalultanne kaluiltanne
allative kalullenne kaluillenne
essive kalunanne kaluinanne
translative kaluksenne kaluiksenne
abessive kaluttanne kaluittanne
instructive — —
comitative — kaluinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kalunsa kalunsa
accusative nom. kalunsa kalunsa
gen. kalunsa
genitive kalunsa kalujensa
partitive kaluaan
kaluansa 		kalujaan
kalujansa
inessive kalussaan
kalussansa 		kaluissaan
kaluissansa
elative kalustaan
kalustansa 		kaluistaan
kaluistansa
illative kaluunsa kaluihinsa
adessive kalullaan
kalullansa 		kaluillaan
kaluillansa
ablative kalultaan
kalultansa 		kaluiltaan
kaluiltansa
allative kalulleen
kalullensa 		kaluilleen
kaluillensa
essive kalunaan
kalunansa 		kaluinaan
kaluinansa
translative kalukseen
kaluksensa 		kaluikseen
kaluiksensa
abessive kaluttaan
kaluttansa 		kaluittaan
kaluittansa
instructive — —
comitative — kaluineen
kaluinensa

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Latvian

Verb

kalu

  1. first-person singular past indicative of kalt

Malay

Adverb

kalu

  1. (dialectal, Sambas) maybe

Conjunction

kalu

  1. (dialectal, Kelantan-Pattani) if

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kalu (Cyrillic spelling калу)

  1. dative/vocative/locative singular of kal

Uab Meto

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kalau (“if, when”).

Conjunction

kalu

  1. if

References

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kalu.

Noun

kalu

  1. thing, object
  2. stick, pole

Inflection

Inflection of kalu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. kalu
genitive sing. kalun
partitive sing. kalud
partitive plur. kaluid
singular plural
nominative kalu kalud
accusative kalun kalud
genitive kalun kaluiden
partitive kalud kaluid
essive-instructive kalun kaluin
translative kaluks kaluikš
inessive kalus kaluiš
elative kaluspäi kaluišpäi
illative kalhu
kaluhu 		kaluihe
adessive kalul kaluil
ablative kalulpäi kaluilpäi
allative kalule kaluile
abessive kaluta kaluita
comitative kalunke kaluidenke
prolative kaludme kaluidme
approximative I kalunno kaluidenno
approximative II kalunnoks kaluidennoks
egressive kalunnopäi kaluidennopäi
terminative I kalhusai
kaluhusai 		kaluihesai
terminative II kalulesai kaluilesai
terminative III kalussai —
additive I kalhupäi
kaluhupäi 		kaluihepäi
additive II kalulepäi kaluilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вещь, палка, предмет”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

kalu

  1. (transitive) to stir

Conjugation

Conjugation of kalu (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person takalu makalu akalu
2nd person nakalu fakalu
3rd person inanimate ikalu dakalu
animate
imperative nakalu, kalu fakalu, kalu

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
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