ܟܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܟ ܠ ܐ (k l ˀ)
6 terms

From Aramaic כְּלָא (kəlāʾ); cognate to Hebrew כָּלָה (kalá, to be finished, to have run out)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [kɑːleː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑːleː]

Verb

ܟܵܠܹܐ • (kālē) (present participle ܟܠܵܝܵܐ (klāyā), past participle ܟܸܠܝܵܐ (kilyā))

  1. (intransitive) to stop, come to a stop, to come to a standstill
    ܟܠܝܼ (klī, halt!, stop!, whoa!)
    ܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܠܢܝܼܫܲܢܩܹ̈ܐ ܣܡܘܿܩܹ̈ܐ.
    klē lī l-nīšanqē smōqē.
    I stopped at the red traffic lights.
    ܫܓ݂ܘܼܫܝܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܬ ܟܵܠܝܼ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ ܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ.
    šḡušyē bit kālī īman d-šurṭā ˁāḇēr.
    The riots will stop when police moved in.
  2. (intransitive) to stand, to be standing still
    ܟܸܠܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܦܲܐܬܵܐ ܕܕܸܟܵܢܵܐ.
    kilyā ìwen qam paˀtā d-dikkānā.
    I'm standing at the front of the shop.
    ܟܠܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܐ ܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܣܦܵܪܵܐ ܩܵܬܘܼܟ݂ ܒܥܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ.
    klē lī qā mitḥā yarīḵā bispārā qātūḵ b-ˁālōlā.
    I stood for a long time waiting for you in the street.
    ܟܹܐ ܟܵܠܲܚ ܕܲܠܩܘܼܒ݂ܠ ܫܘܼܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܘܟܵܒ݂ܘܿܫܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܲܪ̈ܥܵܬܲܢ.
    kē kālaḥ dalquḇl šuˁmārā w-kāḇōšūtā d-arˁātan.
    We stand against the colonisation and occupation of our land.
  3. (intransitive) to stand up for [+ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܒܵܐ (object)]
    ܣܝܼܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܕܟܵܠܹܝܬ ܡ̣ܢ ܓܹܒܝܼ.
    sīmā ìwet wā d-kālēt min gēbī.
    You were supposed to stand up for me.

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