kalba
See also: kalbą
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkalba]
- Rhymes: -alba
Noun
kalba f
Declension
Further reading
- “kalba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative.[1]
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): [kɐɫˈbɐ]
- (vocative singular) IPA(key): [ˈkɐlbɐ]
- (verb form) IPA(key): [ˈkɐlbɐ]
Noun
kalbà f (plural kal̃bos) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kalbà | kal̃bos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kalbõs | kalbų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kal̃bai | kalbóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kal̃bą | kalbàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kalbà | kalbomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kalbojè | kalbosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kal̃ba | kal̃bos |
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)
Declension
declension of kalba
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish calva, feminine of calvo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kalˈba/ [kɐlˈba]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: kal‧ba
Adjective
kalbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊ)
- (uncommon) bald; bald-headed (of females)