kalla

From *kallë, derivative of kall.

kalla ?

1. slander, calumny

• kall
• kallëzoj

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla (third person singular past indicative kallaði, third person plural past indicative kallað, supine kallað)

1. to call

kalla

1. Zantedeschia, calla lily, arum lily (plant of the genus Zantedeschia)
2. calla lily, arum lily, hardy arum, Zantedeschia aethiopica

The plants of the related genus Calla are called suovehka in Finnish.

• (Zantedeschia): huonevehka
• (Zantedeschia aethiopica): valkohuonevehka

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰatla/
• Rhymes: -atla

kalla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kallaði, supine kallað)

1. to call, name, refer to

   Hann er kallaður Vífill.

   He's called Vífill.

2. to call, to shout
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on Icealandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Krummi, my namesake.”

kalla f (4th declension)

1. calla

• kalle

From Old Norse kalla. Akin to English call.

• IPA^(key): /²kɑlːɑ/

kalla (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kall/kalla)

1. to call (to name or refer to)

   Kva kallar ein denne greia?

   What is this thing called?

2. call (to cry or shout)

• “kalla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla (singular past indicative kallaði, plural past indicative kǫlluðu, past participle kallaðr)

1. to call, name, refer to (as)
2. to call, shout

• Danish: kalde
• Faroese: kalla
• Icelandic: kalla
• Swedish: kalla

• kalla in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

kalla

1. to call, name
2. to summon, call for

• Swedish: kalla

From Old Swedish kalla, from Old Norse kalla, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

• IPA^(key): /kalːa/

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kalla (present kallar, preterite kallade, supine kallat, imperative kalla)

1. to call, denote, refer to; to give as a name
2. to call, request, beckon, summon

kalla

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of kall.