kal

Clipping of English Kalaallisut or Greenlandic kalaallisut.

kal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Greenlandic.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Greenlandic terms

kal

1. millet

• Blackings, Mairi John (2009), Acholi English – English Acholi Dictionary‎^[1], Munich: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 53

kal

1. water

• Elaine, Bombay, Enquête sociolinguistique sur les langues tama et assangori parlers du Tchad et du Soudan (2007)

• IPA^(key): /kal/

kal (Bengali script কাল)

1. horn (traditional instrument)

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

kal

1. difficult

• Curnow, T. J. (1997). A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia. The Australian National University.

From Persian کال.

• IPA^(key): [cɑɫ]

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kal (comparative daha kal, superlative ən kal)

1. unripe

   Synonyms: dəyməmiş, yetişməmiş, göy

2. dull, stupid

   Synonyms: key, küt, kütbeyin, gecanlayan, tupoy

3. (of voice) hoarse

   Synonyms: tutqun, boğunuq

4. only used in yuxudan kal durmaq tired, half asleep, sleep-deprived

   Yuxudan kal durmuşam. ― I woke up tired, I didn't get enough sleep.

• “kal” in Obastan.com.

kal

1. house.

• kalgh

Variant of kalgh.

• IPA^(key): /kal/

kal m (plural kalyow)

1. (anatomy) penis

• IPA^(key): [ˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ.

kal m inan

1. dregs (suspended sediment or other particles in a liquid)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kal

1. second-person singular imperative of kalit

• “kal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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kal

1. inflection of kallen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• alk, lak

From Portuguese qual.

kal

1. what

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

kal n (genitive singular kals, no plural)

1. frostbite

• kalinn
• kalsár

• lak

From Portuguese qual.

kal

1. which

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (kalla)), from Sanskrit कल्य (kalya).

kal

1. yesterday

   Antonym: sabô

• Rezaei, Tahereh (2020), First notes on the syntax of Kholosi as a heritage language in the south of Iran‎^[2], Hormozgan Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts & Tourism Organization

From Portuguese qual.

• IPA^(key): /kal/

kal

1. (interrogative) what; which^[1]
2. (relative) which^[2]

• Ladislav Prištic (2010), Kristang - Crioulo de Base Portuguesa (in Kristang), Masaryk University

Borrowed from Hebrew קָהָל (qahál, “community”).

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kal m (Hebrew spelling קאל)^[1]

1. (countable, Judaism) synagogue (a place of worship for Jews or Samaritans)

   Synonyms: esnoga, sinagoga

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[3], volumes 26–28, page 60:

     Se torno el haham dezesperado a su kaza i komio kon muncha ansia, despues de lo kualo metio su vestido blanko de Yom Kippur i entro al kal.

     The sagely yet desperate rabbi returned home and ate anxiously, after which he put on white clothes for Yom Kippur and entered the synagogue.

2. (countable) community

   Synonym: komunita

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “caħal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “kal”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 261
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000), “kal”, in Ladino-English/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 205
• Recuero, Pascual (1977), “kal”, in Diccionario Básico Ladino-Español (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Riopiedras Ediciones, →ISBN, page 76

kal

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

From Middle High German and Old High German *kald, northern variant of kalt.

Cognate with German kalt, Dutch koud, English cold, Icelandic kaldur, West Frisian kâld.

• IPA^(key): /kaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

kal (masculine kalen, neuter kaalt, comparative méi kal, superlative am keelsten)

1. cold

• waarm

• äiskal

kal (Northern)

1. alternative form of col

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kal.

kal

1. to go
2. to go away

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “kal”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Related to Arabic كَهْل (kahl, “elderly”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑːl/

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

1. (of men) old

   Synonyms: îxtîyar, kokin, mezin, navsera, pîr, sere

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

1. old man

   Synonyms: îxtîyar, kalik, kokin

Perhaps related to Persian کال (kâl, “year”).

• IPA^(key): /kʰɑːl/

kal (Arabic spelling کال)

1. (of melons or corn) unripe, green

   Synonyms: xam, xang

• kaltî

kal m (Arabic spelling کال)

1. watermelon

   Synonyms: kalik, şiftî, zebeş

2. melon

   Synonym: gindor

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “kal”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 413

Compare Classical Nahuatl calli.

kal (plural kajkat)

1. house

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
• Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Derived from Proto-Yeniseian *qaxʷ (“fur”).

kal (M., W.)

1. (clothing) clothes, top clothes, outer clothing (M.)
2. (clothing) dress (M., W.)
3. (clothing, fashion) fur coat (W.)

• Werner, Heinrich (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 182

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kalъ, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂los (“dark”), whence also Latin cālīgō (“darkness, gloom”) and Sanskrit काल (kāla, “black”).

• IPA^(key): /kâːl/

kȃl m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̑л)

1. mud

   Synonyms: blato, mulj, kaljuga

• IPA^(key): /kal/

kal

1. digging stick

kal

1. romanization of 𒆗 (kal)

From or related to Old Norse *kǫlr, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“bare, bald”).

• IPA^(key): /kɑːl/

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• Homophones: Karl, Carl (only if pronounced [kɑːl] instead of more common [kɑːɭ])

kal (comparative kalare, superlative kalast)

1. lacking its natural covering; bare, without hair or vegetation or leaves or the like

   en kal skalle

   a bald head

   ett kalt träd

   a tree without leaves

   en kal grotta

   a cave with nothing more than the stone walls (no moss, vines, etc.)

2. bare (lacking decorations)

   kala väggar

   bare walls

   ett kalt rum

   a bare room

• kalhugga
• kalhygge

• kal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Spanish cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix). Doublet of tsok.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkal/ [ˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: kal

kal (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔)

1. (chemistry) lime (inorganic material containing calcium)

   Synonyms: apog, pirali

2. (sports, billiards) cue chalk

   Synonym: tisa

• “kal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 98

kal

1. water

• Elaine, Bombay, Enquête sociolinguistique sur les langues tama et assangori parlers du Tchad et du Soudan (2007)

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kal, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Khumi Chin ämäkei, Mizo kal and Zou kel.

kal

1. kidney

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

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kal

1. second-person singular imperative of kalmak

kal

1. rat

• IPA^(key): /kal˧/

kal

1. (intransitive) to increase

• Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44