kalu
See also: Kalu, kaļu, kału, kälu, and калу
Central Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian kalau (“if, when”).
Conjunction
kalu
- if
References
- "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Irsan, M. (2009) Kajian geografi dialek bahasa Besemah di kabupaten Lahat. Cited in: "Lahat (Central Malay)" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- "Ogan" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Estonian
Noun
kalu
- partitive plural of kala
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kalu. Possibly related to Northern Sami gálvu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑlu/, [ˈkɑlu]
- Rhymes: -ɑlu
- Syllabification(key): ka‧lu
Noun
kalu
- physical thing, object, tool
- (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 | |
| instructive | — | kaluin | |
| abessive | kalutta | kaluitta | |
| comitative | — | kaluineen | |
| Possessive forms of kalu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kaluni | kalumme |
| 2nd person | kalusi | kalunne |
| 3rd person | kalunsa | |
Derived terms
- kalustaa
- kaluste
Compounds
compounds
- ajokalu
- alttarikalu
- huonekalu
- juhlakalu
- kalukukkaro
- kalulaatikko
- kalunkirjoitus
- kalupakki
- kalupuu
- kaluvaja
- keittiökalu
- leikkikalu
- miehenkalu
- peltokalu
- perintökalu
- taikakalu
- tarvekalu
- työkalu
Anagrams
- Luka, alku, laku
Latvian
Verb
kalu
- 1st person singular past indicative form of kalt
Malay
Adverb
kalu
- (dialectal, Sambas) maybe
Conjunction
kalu
- (dialectal, Kelantan-Pattani) if
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
kalu (Cyrillic spelling калу)
- dative/vocative/locative singular of kal
Uab Meto
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian kalau (“if, when”).
Conjunction
kalu
- if
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kalu.
Noun
kalu
- thing, object
- 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
- IPA(key): /ˈka.l̪u/
Verb
kalu
- (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