cala

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.la]

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.

cala f (plural cales)

1. cove

Deverbal from calar

cala f (plural cales)

1. casting (of nets)

   Synonym: calada

2. lowering (of sails)
3. probe, sound

   Synonym: sonda

4. (archaeology, construction) trench
5. (medicine) suppository

   Synonym: supositori

• “cala”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

• IPA^(key): /ðala/

cala

1. error
2. guilt, fault
3. disgrace
4. fallacy
5. transgression (caka vala)

cala

1. wrong, erroneous, faulty
2. culpable, guilty

cala

1. amiss, astray

cala

1. to err, deviate

• → Fiji Hindi: daala

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “cala”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 39

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

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cala

1. third-person singular past historic of caler

• laça

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: cà‧la

Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

cala f (plural cale)

1. inlet, cove

   Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura

2. (nautical) hold

• caletta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cala

1. inflection of calare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• alca

From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.la]

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension

1. log to burn

First-declension noun.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɫaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.la]

calā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of calō

• “cala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "cala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

cala

1. imperative active second-person singular of calati (“to move”)

• Hyphenation: ca‧la
• Rhymes: -alɐ

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• caladh

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)

1. harbour

   Synonyms: acarsaid, port

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.la/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: cà‧la

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.

cala f (plural cali)

1. inlet, cove, creek

   Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.

   We are going to Moss cove.

• → Italian: cala

From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

cala

1. inflection of calari:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkala/ [ˈka.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ca‧la

Deverbal from calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

cala f (plural calas)

1. prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)

   Synonym: prueba

2. try, attempt

   Synonyms: prueba, intento

3. testing

   Synonym: prueba

4. suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)

   Synonym: supositorio

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".

cala f (plural calas)

2. cove

• bahía
• ensenada

Borrowed from New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.

cala f (plural calas)

1. calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)

   Synonym: alcatraz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cala

1. inflection of calar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-cála

1. to begin

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Within North Halmahera, cognate to Tidore cala, Tabaru caana, Loloda calana, etc., all meaning '1000'. Direct external cognates include West Makian calan, East Makian calan, Waigeo calan, Wandamen siaran, Biak syáran, also all meaning '1000'. The external cognates are generally believed to be due to Ternate-Tidore influence.

Beyond these, see also Chamorro chålan (“thousand”), Tagalog daan (“hundred”), Kapampangan dálan (“hundred”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.la./

cala

1. thousand

cala

1. genitive singular of cal

• cal, caly

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkala/

cala f (plural caliau)

1. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: pidyn, penis