kalli

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • indefinite plural: kallëza
  • kallëz (Tosk, fem. pl.), kall (Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From archaic Arbëreshë kall + -i, from Proto-Albanian *kalsa, from Proto-Indo-European *kolH- 'awn' (compare English holly, Russian колос (kolos)).[1]

Noun

kalli m (indefinite plural kallinj, definite singular kalliu)

  1. ear or spike of grain
  2. (botany) spike (type of inflorescence)

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.210

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Noun

kalli

  1. Alternative spelling of calli, house

References

Estonian

Etymology 1

Clipping of kallistus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlʲːi/

Noun

kalli (genitive kalli, partitive kallit)

  1. (informal) hug
Declension
Inflection of kalli (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalli kallid
accusative kalli kallid
genitive kalli kallide
partitive kallit kallisid
illative kalli
kallisse		 kallidesse
inessive kallis kallides
elative kallist kallidest
allative kallile kallidele
adessive kallil kallidel
ablative kallilt kallidelt
translative kalliks kallideks
terminative kallini kallideni
essive kallina kallidena
abessive kallita kallideta
comitative kalliga kallidega

Etymology 2

Non-lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlʲːːi/

Adjective

kalli

  1. genitive singular of kallis

Icelandic

Verb

kalli

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of kalla
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of kalla
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of kalla
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