kalė

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (to call out, bark, cry), see also kalbà, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Proto-Celtic *kalyākos.[1]

Pronunciation 1

  • (kalė̃) IPA(key): /kɐˈlʲěː/

Noun

kalė̃ f (plural kãlės) stress pattern 4[2]

  1. female dog, bitch[2]
Declension
Hypernyms
Idioms
  • kalės mazgas

Pronunciation 2

  • () IPA(key): /ˈkɑ̌ːlʲeː/

Verb

kãlė

  1. third-person singular past of kalti
  2. third-person plural past of kalti

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “548-50”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 548-50
  2. Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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