kaula
See also: kaulā
Finnish
Picture dictionary: pää
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ihmisen pää (“human head”) |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kakla, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *kaklas, compare Lithuanian kaklas. Cognate with Estonian kael. Distant doublet of chakra, kekri, and sykli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝u̯lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
- Syllabification(key): kau‧la
- Hyphenation(key): kau‧la
Noun
kaula
- (anatomy) neck (part of the body connecting the head and the trunk)
- neck (narrow or tapered part of something)
- (sports) lead; distance between a frontrunner and the other competitors
Declension
| Inflection of kaula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaula | kaulat | |
| genitive | kaulan | kaulojen | |
| partitive | kaulaa | kauloja | |
| illative | kaulaan | kauloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaula | kaulat | |
| accusative | nom. | kaula | kaulat |
| gen. | kaulan | ||
| genitive | kaulan | kaulojen kaulain rare | |
| partitive | kaulaa | kauloja | |
| inessive | kaulassa | kauloissa | |
| elative | kaulasta | kauloista | |
| illative | kaulaan | kauloihin | |
| adessive | kaulalla | kauloilla | |
| ablative | kaulalta | kauloilta | |
| allative | kaulalle | kauloille | |
| essive | kaulana | kauloina | |
| translative | kaulaksi | kauloiksi | |
| abessive | kaulatta | kauloitta | |
| instructive | — | kauloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
- avainkaulalapsi
- avokaulainen
- hampaankaula
- hanhenkaula
- imukaula
- juurikaula
- kanankaula
- kaula-aukko
- kaulahelmi
- kaulahermo
- kaulahihna
- kaulahuivi
- kaulahöyhen
- kaulakello
- kaulaketju
- kaulakiikku
- kaulakipu
- kaulakoriste
- kaulakoru
- kaulakupu
- kaulakylkiluu
- kaulalaskimo
- kaulaliina
- kaulamikrofoni
- kaulanauha
- kaulanikama
- kaulapanta
- kaulaparta
- kaularanka
- kaularauhanen
- kaularauta
- kaularengas
- kaulariipus
- kaulasuoja
- kaulasuojus
- kaulasuoni
- kaulatuki
- kaulavaltimo
- keltakaulaseppä
- kenokaula
- kiertokaula
- kohdunkaula
- kolmikaulakolvi
- käsikaulaa
- käärmekaula
- mustakaulajoutsen
- mustakaulajänis
- mustakaulakobra
- mustakaulakurki
- mustakaularastas
- mustakaulatamariini
- mustakaulauikku
- ohutkaulainen
- pitkäkaulainen
- pitkäkaulaluuttu
- pullonkaula
- punakaulahanhi
- punakaulakenguru
- reisiluunkaula
- ruskeakaulalaiskiainen
Further reading
- “kaula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *taura (compare with Samoan taula (“anchor”), Maori taura (“rope”) and Tongan toua)[1][2]
Noun
kaula
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “taura”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pulu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 136
Kimbundu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
-kaula (infinitive kukaula)
- (transitive) to shorten, to abbreviate
- (transitive) to buy a product as a precaution against its presumed increase in price
- (intransitive) to anticipate
Descendants
- → Portuguese: caular
References
- Junior, Antonio de Assis (1967) Dicionário Kimbundu-Português - Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico E Corográfico (in Portuguese), Luanda, Angola: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, page 191
Latvian
Noun
kaula m
- genitive singular of kauls
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Javanese [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /kaulə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /kaula/
- Rhymes: -ulə, -lə, -ə
Noun
kaula
- (Javanese) slave
Pronoun
kaula