# kalu
## Central Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kalau (“if, when”).

### Conjunction

kalu
* if

### References

* "Besemah" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Irsan, M. (2009) Kajian geografi dialek bahasa Besemah di kabupaten Lahat. Cited in: "Lahat (Central Malay)" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* "Ogan" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Estonian
### Noun

kalu
* partitive plural of kala

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kalu. Possibly related to Northern Sami gálvu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑlu/, [ˈkɑ̝lu]
* Rhymes: -ɑlu
* Hyphenation: ka‧lu

### Noun

kalu
* physical thing, object, tool
* (colloquial) penis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kalu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kaluni
kaluni
accusative
nom.
kaluni
kaluni
gen.
kaluni
genitive
kaluni
kalujeni
partitive
kaluani
kalujani
inessive
kalussani
kaluissani
elative
kalustani
kaluistani
illative
kaluuni
kaluihini
adessive
kalullani
kaluillani
ablative
kalultani
kaluiltani
allative
kalulleni
kaluilleni
essive
kalunani
kaluinani
translative
kalukseni
kaluikseni
abessive
kaluttani
kaluittani
instructive
comitative
—kaluineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalusi
kalusi
accusative
nom.
kalusi
kalusi
gen.
kalusi
genitive
kalusi
kalujesi
partitive
kaluasi
kalujasi
inessive
kalussasi
kaluissasi
elative
kalustasi
kaluistasi
illative
kaluusi
kaluihisi
adessive
kalullasi
kaluillasi
ablative
kalultasi
kaluiltasi
allative
kalullesi
kaluillesi
essive
kalunasi
kaluinasi
translative
kaluksesi
kaluiksesi
abessive
kaluttasi
kaluittasi
instructive
comitative
—kaluinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalumme
kalumme
accusative
nom.
kalumme
kalumme
gen.
kalumme
genitive
kalumme
kalujemme
partitive
kaluamme
kalujamme
inessive
kalussamme
kaluissamme
elative
kalustamme
kaluistamme
illative
kaluumme
kaluihimme
adessive
kalullamme
kaluillamme
ablative
kalultamme
kaluiltamme
allative
kalullemme
kaluillemme
essive
kalunamme
kaluinamme
translative
kaluksemme
kaluiksemme
abessive
kaluttamme
kaluittamme
instructive
comitative
—kaluinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalunne
kalunne
accusative
nom.
kalunne
kalunne
gen.
kalunne
genitive
kalunne
kalujenne
partitive
kaluanne
kalujanne
inessive
kalussanne
kaluissanne
elative
kalustanne
kaluistanne
illative
kaluunne
kaluihinne
adessive
kalullanne
kaluillanne
ablative
kalultanne
kaluiltanne
allative
kalullenne
kaluillenne
essive
kalunanne
kaluinanne
translative
kaluksenne
kaluiksenne
abessive
kaluttanne
kaluittanne
instructive
comitative
—kaluinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalunsa
kalunsa
accusative
nom.
kalunsa
kalunsa
gen.
kalunsa
genitive
kalunsa
kalujensa
partitive
kaluaan kaluansa
kalujaan kalujansa
inessive
kalussaan kalussansa
kaluissaan kaluissansa
elative
kalustaan kalustansa
kaluistaan kaluistansa
illative
kaluunsa
kaluihinsa
adessive
kalullaan kalullansa
kaluillaan kaluillansa
ablative
kalultaan kalultansa
kaluiltaan kaluiltansa
allative
kalulleen kalullensa
kaluilleen kaluillensa
essive
kalunaan kalunansa
kaluinaan kaluinansa
translative
kalukseen kaluksensa
kaluikseen kaluiksensa
abessive
kaluttaan kaluttansa
kaluittaan kaluittansa
instructive
comitative
—kaluineen kaluinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kalustaa
* kalusto
* ajokalu
* alttarikalu
* huonekalu
* juhlakalu
* kalukukkaro
* kalulaatikko
* kalunkirjoitus
* kalupakki
* kalupuu
* kaluvaja
* keittiökalu
* leikkikalu
* miehenkalu
* onnenkalu
* peltokalu
* perintökalu
* sisuskalut
* sisäkalut
* taikakalu
* tarvekalu
* työkalu

### Further reading

* “kalu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* Luka, alku, laku

## Latvian
### Verb

kalu
* first-person singular past indicative of kalt

## Malay
### Adverb

kalu
* (dialectal, Sambas) maybe

### Conjunction

kalu
* (dialectal, Kelantan-Pattani) if

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kalu (Cyrillic spelling калу)
* dative/vocative/locative singular of kal

## Uab Meto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian kalau (“if, when”).

### Conjunction

kalu
* if

### References

* Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kalu.

### Noun

kalu
* thing, object
* stick, pole

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вещь, палка, предмет”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.l̪u/

### Verb

kalu
* (transitive) to stir

#### Conjugation
### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics