kalba

See also: kalbą

Czech

Etymology

From kalit +‎ -ba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkalba]
  • Rhymes: -alba

Noun

kalba f

  1. (colloquial) carousal, drinking party
    Synonym: pitka

Declension
Declension of kalba (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kalba kalby
genitive kalby kaleb
dative kalbě kalbám
accusative kalbu kalby
vocative kalbo kalby
locative kalbě kalbách
instrumental kalbou kalbami

Further reading
  • kalba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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

  1. language
  2. speech (vocal communication)

Declension
Declension of kalbà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kalbà kal̃bos
genitive (kilmininkas) kalbõs kalbų̃
dative (naudininkas) kal̃bai kalbóms
accusative (galininkas) kal̃bą kalbàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kalbà kalbomìs
locative (vietininkas) kalbojè kalbosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kal̃ba kal̃bos

Derived terms

Verb

kal̃ba

  1. third-person present of kalbė́ti

References
  1. 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)

  1. language

Declension
    declension of kalba
singular dual plural
nominative kalba kalbė kalbas
genitive kalbuos kalbū kalbū
dative kalbā kalbuom kalbuoms
accusative kalba kalbė kalbas
instrumental kalbo kalbuom kalbuoms
locative kalbuo kalbuos kalbuos
vocative kalba kalbė kalbas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calva, feminine of calvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈba/, [kɐlˈba]
  • Hyphenation: kal‧ba

Adjective

kalbá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜊ)

  1. (uncommon) bald; bald-headed (of females)
    Synonyms: upaw, kalbo
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