# cala
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈka.la]

### Etymology 1

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.

#### Noun

cala f (plural cales)
* cove

### Etymology 2

Deverbal of calar

#### Noun

cala f (plural cales)
* casting (of nets)
    Synonym: calada
* lowering (of sails)
* probe, sound
    Synonym: sonda
* (archaeology, construction) trench
* (medicine) suppository
    Synonym: supositori

#### Further reading

* “cala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

cala
* inflection of calar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *cala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ðala/

### Noun

cala
* error
* guilt, fault
* disgrace
* fallacy
* transgression (caka vala)

### Adjective

cala
* wrong, erroneous, faulty
* culpable, guilty

### Adverb

cala
* amiss, astray

### Verb

cala
* to err, deviate

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

cala
* third-person singular past historic of caler

### Anagrams

* laça

## Galician
### Verb

cala
* inflection of calar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.la/
* Rhymes: -ala
* Hyphenation: cà‧la

### Etymology 1

Via a Vulgar Latin *calāre, possibly ultimately from a pre-Roman language. Related are French cale and Spanish cala.

#### Noun

cala f (plural cale)
* inlet, cove
    Synonyms: baia, golfo, insenatura
* (nautical) hold

##### Derived terms

* caletta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cala
* inflection of calare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* cala in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* cala in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* alca

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From the plural form of Ancient Greek κᾶλον (kâlon, “wood, logs, timber”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkaː.la/, [ˈkäːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]

#### Noun

cāla f (genitive cālae); first declension
* log to burn

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈka.laː/, [ˈkäɫ̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.la/, [ˈkäːlä]

#### Verb

calā
* second-person singular present active imperative of calō

### References

* “cala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "cala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* चल (Devanagari script)
* চল (Bengali script)
* චල (Sinhalese script)
* စလ or ၸလ (Burmese script)
* จล or จะละ (Thai script)
* ᨧᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈລ or ຈະລະ (Lao script)
* ចល (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Verb

cala
* imperative active second-person singular of calati (“to move”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: ca‧la
* Rhymes: -alɐ

### Verb

cala
* inflection of calar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* caladh

### Etymology

From Old Irish calad (“shore, port, landing-place; land (as opposed to sea)”), from Late Latin calatum.

### Noun

cala m (genitive singular cala, plural calaidhean)
* harbour
    Synonyms: acarsaid, port

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Sicilian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.la/ (Standard)
* Hyphenation: cà‧la

### Etymology 1

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.

#### Noun

cala f (plural cali)
* inlet, cove, creek
    Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.We are going to Moss cove.

##### Derived terms

* calata
* calitta

##### Related terms

* Cala Janca
* Cala Marineḍḍa
* Cala Muschi
* Calafurnu
* funnali
* funnu
* mari
* praja
* Scala dî Turchi
* spraja
* vasciu

##### Descendants

* → Italian: cala

### Etymology 2

From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

#### Verb

cala
* inflection of calari:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkala/ [ˈka.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ca‧la

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of calar, from Latin chalō (“to loosen, to let down”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

#### Noun

cala f (plural calas)
* prove (originally, of a piece or slice of fruit)
    Synonym: prueba
* try, attempt
    Synonyms: prueba, intento
* testing
    Synonym: prueba
* suppository (small medicinal plug that is inserted into the rectum)
    Synonym: supositorio

##### Related terms

* calar
* calilla

### Etymology 2

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Or from Etymology 1, in the sense "let down an anchor", i.e. "anchorage".

#### Noun

cala f (plural calas)
* cove

##### Derived terms

* caleta

##### See also

* bahía
* ensenada

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from New Latin Calla, former genus of the plant.

#### Noun

cala f (plural calas)
* calla lily, arum lily (plant, flower)
    Synonym: alcatraz

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cala
* inflection of calar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “cala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swazi
### Etymology

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### Verb

-cála
* to begin

#### Inflection

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## Ternate
### Etymology

Within North Halmahera, cognate to Tidore cala, Tabaru caana, Loloda calana, etc., all meaning '1000'. Direct external cognates include West Makian calan, East Makian calan, Waigeo calan, Wandamen siaran, Biak syáran, also all meaning '1000'. The external cognates are generally believed to be due to Ternate-Tidore influence.
Beyond these, see also Chamorro chålan (“thousand”), Tagalog daan (“hundred”), Kapampangan dálan (“hundred”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa.la./

### Numeral

cala
* thousand

## Volapük
### Noun

cala
* genitive singular of cal

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* cal, caly

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kalgā. Cognate with Cornish kal, kalgh; Breton kalc'h.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkala/

### Noun

cala f (plural caliau)
* (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: pidyn, penis

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.