# kala
## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قلعه (kale), from Persian قلعه (qal'e), from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).

### Pronunciation

* (Tosk) IPA: /kaˈla/
* Rhymes: -la
* Hyphenation: ka‧lá

### Noun

kalá f (plural kala, definite kalaja, definite plural kalatë)
* castle, fortress
    Synonym: kështjellë
* fortification
    Synonym: fortifikatë
* (figurative) ardent defender
* (figurative) hurdle, obstacle: something difficult to be overcome only by great effort
    u bë kala ― it became difficult
* (chess) rook
    Synonym: torrë

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kala”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “kalá”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 175

## Atong (India)
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kala/

### Noun

kala (Bengali script কালা)
* deaf person

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Balinese
### Romanization

kala
* Romanization of ᬓᬮ
* Romanization of ᬓᬵᬮ
* Romanization of ᬓᬮᬵ

## Chamicuro
### Noun

kala
* nothing

### Adverb

kala
* no, not

## Cornish
### Noun

kala
* straw (collective)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

### Noun

kala (genitive kala, partitive kala)
* fish

#### Derived terms

* kalastama
* kalamari
* kalur

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Northern Sami guolli, Ter Sami кы̄лле (kï̄llʼe), Erzya кал (kal), Eastern Mari кол (kol) and Hungarian hal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Noun

kala
* fish (aquatic animal)
    Hauki on kala.A pike is a fish.
    Tässä järvessä on paljon kalaa.There's lots of fish in this lake.
* fish (meat of the aforementioned aquatic animals)
    Syön usein kalaa.I often eat fish.
* (idiomatic, in locational cases and expressions) fishing (as a personal activity, used with the verbs olla (“to be”) and mennä (“to go”), lähteä (“to leave”), and käydä (“to go and come back”))
    olla kalassa ― to be fishing
    käydä kalassa ― to go fishing (and come back)
    mennä kalaan ― to go fishing
    lähteä kalaan ― to (leave and) go fishing
    lähteä kalalle ― to (leave and) go fishing
    Käytkö usein kalassa?Do you often go fishing?
* (in compounds) seafood
    Mennään kalaravintolaan.Let's go to a seafood restaurant.

#### Usage notes

* (fish, aquatic animals): Quite often used in the singular in a collective sense, as can be seen in one of the usage examples.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalani
kalani
accusative
nom.
kalani
kalani
gen.
kalani
genitive
kalani
kalojeni kalaini $^{rare}$
partitive
kalaani
kalojani
inessive
kalassani
kaloissani
elative
kalastani
kaloistani
illative
kalaani
kaloihini
adessive
kalallani
kaloillani
ablative
kalaltani
kaloiltani
allative
kalalleni
kaloilleni
essive
kalanani
kaloinani
translative
kalakseni
kaloikseni
abessive
kalattani
kaloittani
instructive
comitative
—kaloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalasi
kalasi
accusative
nom.
kalasi
kalasi
gen.
kalasi
genitive
kalasi
kalojesi kalaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
kalaasi
kalojasi
inessive
kalassasi
kaloissasi
elative
kalastasi
kaloistasi
illative
kalaasi
kaloihisi
adessive
kalallasi
kaloillasi
ablative
kalaltasi
kaloiltasi
allative
kalallesi
kaloillesi
essive
kalanasi
kaloinasi
translative
kalaksesi
kaloiksesi
abessive
kalattasi
kaloittasi
instructive
comitative
—kaloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalamme
kalamme
accusative
nom.
kalamme
kalamme
gen.
kalamme
genitive
kalamme
kalojemme kalaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
kalaamme
kalojamme
inessive
kalassamme
kaloissamme
elative
kalastamme
kaloistamme
illative
kalaamme
kaloihimme
adessive
kalallamme
kaloillamme
ablative
kalaltamme
kaloiltamme
allative
kalallemme
kaloillemme
essive
kalanamme
kaloinamme
translative
kalaksemme
kaloiksemme
abessive
kalattamme
kaloittamme
instructive
comitative
—kaloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalanne
kalanne
accusative
nom.
kalanne
kalanne
gen.
kalanne
genitive
kalanne
kalojenne kalainne $^{rare}$
partitive
kalaanne
kalojanne
inessive
kalassanne
kaloissanne
elative
kalastanne
kaloistanne
illative
kalaanne
kaloihinne
adessive
kalallanne
kaloillanne
ablative
kalaltanne
kaloiltanne
allative
kalallenne
kaloillenne
essive
kalananne
kaloinanne
translative
kalaksenne
kaloiksenne
abessive
kalattanne
kaloittanne
instructive
comitative
—kaloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kalansa
kalansa
accusative
nom.
kalansa
kalansa
gen.
kalansa
genitive
kalansa
kalojensa kalainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
kalaansa
kalojaan kalojansa
inessive
kalassaan kalassansa
kaloissaan kaloissansa
elative
kalastaan kalastansa
kaloistaan kaloistansa
illative
kalaansa
kaloihinsa
adessive
kalallaan kalallansa
kaloillaan kaloillansa
ablative
kalaltaan kalaltansa
kaloiltaan kaloiltansa
allative
kalalleen kalallensa
kaloilleen kaloillensa
essive
kalanaan kalanansa
kaloinaan kaloinansa
translative
kalakseen kalaksensa
kaloikseen kaloiksensa
abessive
kalattaan kalattansa
kaloittaan kaloittansa
instructive
comitative
—kaloineen kaloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kalainen
* kalaisa
* kalastaa
* kalasto
* Kalat
* kalaton
* aasianmutakala
* ahvenkala
* airokala
* akvaariokala
* alkukala
* ananaskala
* ankeriaskala
* arvokala
* aurinkokala
* brasiliannokkakala
* emokala
* Etelän kala
* eväkala
* graavikala
* haikala
* hammaskarppikala
* hapankala
* haukikala
* helmirihmakala
* helmiäiskala
* hiilikala
* hiilloskala
* hopeakylkikala
* huulikala
* imukala
* jokikala
* joulukala
* järvikala
* jääkala
* kala-allas
* kala-allergia
* kala-allergikko
* kala-apaja
* kalaboomi
* kalafile
* kalafilee
* kalahaarukka
* kalahaavi
* kalahalli
* kalahampurilainen
* kalaharava
* kalahauta
* kalahautomo
* kalahissi
* kalahuuhkaja
* kalahyppy
* kalahyytelö
* kalailma
* kalajalostamo
* kalajaloste
* kalajauho
* Kalajoki
* kalajuttu
* Kalajärvi
* kalakakko
* kalakalenteri
* kalakanta
* kalakassi
* kalakastike
* kalakauppa
* kalakauppias
* kalakaveri
* kalakeihäs
* kalakeitto
* kalakenttä
* kalakirja
* kalakirves
* kalakota
* kalakoukku
* kalakouru
* kalakukko
* kalakuolema
* kalalaatikko
* kalalaji
* kalalammikko
* kalalanka
* kalalauta
* kalaliemi
* kalaliima
* kalalisko
* kalalokki
* kalamaja
* kalamauste
* kalamies
* kalamuhennos
* kalamureke
* kalanevä
* kalanhaudonta
* kalanistutus
* kalanjalostus
* kalankasvattamo
* kalankasvatus
* kalanliha
* kalanluu
* kalanmaksaöljy
* kalanmakuinen
* kalanmäti
* kalannahka
* kalanperkaus
* kalanperkeet
* kalanpoikanen
* kalanpyrstö
* kalanpyydys
* kalanpyynti
* kalanpää
* kalanrakko
* kalanrasva
* kalanrehu
* kalanruoka
* kalanruoto
* kalansaalis
* kalansavustamo
* kalansilmä
* kalansuomu
* kalansyöjärotta
* kalanviljelijä
* kalanviljely
* Kalaoja
* kalaonni
* kalapaikka
* kalapakaste
* kalaparvi
* kalapatsas
* kalaperunat
* kalapihvi
* kalapiikki
* kalapiirakka
* kalaporras
* kalapottu
* kalapuikko
* kalapulla
* kalapyörykkä
* kalapöllö
* kalarattu
* kalarauta
* kalaravintola
* kalarehu
* kalaretki
* kalarikas
* kalaruoka
* kalasaalis
* kalasakset
* kalasalaatti
* kalasatama
* kalasauna
* kalasoppa
* kalasumppu
* kalasyötti
* kalasäilyke
* kalasää
* kalasääksi
* kalasääski
* kalatahna
* kalatalous
* kalatauti
* kalateollisuus
* kalatie
* kalatiede
* kalatiira
* kalatiski
* kalatori
* kalatuote
* kalatäi
* kalavale
* kalavalmiste
* kalaveitsi
* kalavelka
* kalavelli
* kalaverkko
* kalavesi
* kalaväylä
* kalaöljy
* kalliokala
* kampelakala
* kapakala
* kardinaalikala
* karppikala
* katkerokala
* keltarihmakala
* keuhkokala
* kiekkokala
* kiipijäkala
* kissakala
* kivikala
* kolkkakala
* kotkakala
* kraavikala
* krottikala
* kultakala
* kutukala
* kynäkala
* kännikala
* käpykala
* lehtikala
* lentokala
* lepakkokala
* levykala
* liekkikala
* liitokala
* limaajakala
* limakala
* limapääkala
* lipeäkala
* livekala
* lohikala
* luonnonkala
* luukala
* maakuntakala
* maariankala
* manalankala
* mandariinikala
* mantelikala
* marmoritapparakala
* maustekala
* merikala
* miekkakala
* miljoonakala
* monnikala
* mustahuotrakala
* mustarumpukala
* mustekala
* mutakala
* mätikala
* möhkäkala
* möhkökala
* nahkiaiskala
* nelisilmäkala
* nokkakala
* norsukala
* nousukala
* nuotiokala
* okakala
* pakastekala
* pallokala
* partakala
* parvikala
* petokala
* picassokala
* pietarinkala
* piikkikala
* pikkukala
* pohjakala
* polyyppikala
* purjekala
* pusukala
* puukala
* pyyntikala
* rantakala
* rasvakala
* rauskukala
* rautakala
* rehukala
* rihmakala
* roskakala
* runsaskalainen
* ruokakala
* rustokala
* saaliskala
* sampikala
* sapelihammaskala
* sarvikala
* sateenkaarikala
* savukala
* seeprakala
* siilikala
* sillihaikala
* sillikala
* sillikuningaskala
* simppukala
* sinirihmakala
* sisävesikala
* soppakala
* suolakala
* suomukala
* syvänmerenkala
* syöttikala
* säilykekala
* säppikala
* särkikala
* taistelukala
* talouskala
* talvikala
* tapparakala
* teräkala
* teuraskala
* tonnikala
* turskakala
* tuulenkala
* täkykala
* uunikala
* vaelluskala
* valaanpääkala
* valaskala
* valokala
* varsieväkala
* vaskikala
* velhokala
* viilakala
* viljelykala
* villikala
* vilukala
* voikala
* vuokkokala

### References

* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kala”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

### Further reading

* “kala”, 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

## Fula
### Etymology

From Arabic كُلَّ (kulla).

### Pronoun

kala
* each, every, all

#### See also

* denndaangal
* kalamaa
* kalamanni
* mo kala

### References

* Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

## Gurindji
### Noun

kala
* thigh

### References

* Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tala (“spine, prong”) – compare with Maori tara (“thorn, spike, tine, tooth”), Tahitian tara (“horn, spur, sting”), Tongan tala and Samoan tala. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.la/, [ˈkɐ.lə]

### Noun

kala
* (obsolete) horn, spike, thorn
    Synonyms: kākala, hao, kiwi
* sharkskin
* surgeonfish

#### Derived terms

* kākala
* hoʻokala

### References

* ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 120
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tala.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kalaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ka‧la
* Rhymes: -laʔ

### Adverb

kala
* Semelfactive or non-iterative aspect i. e. the action or situation has happened once or more but did not repeat itself

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰaːla/
** Rhymes: -aːla

### Verb

kala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kól, third-person plural past indicative kólu, supine kalið)
* (impersonal) to become frostbitten
    Mig kól á tám.My toes became frostbitten.

#### Related terms

* kal

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkala/
* Hyphenation: ka‧la
* Rhymes: -la, -a

### Etymology 1

From Malay kala, from Classical Malay kala, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”) or Sanskrit कला (kalā, “a division of time”). Doublet of kali.

#### Noun

kala (plural kala-kala)
* time
    Synonyms: masa, waktu
* when: during the time that.
    Synonym: ketika
* (geology) epoch: a geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs).
    Synonym: epok (Standard Malay)
* tense;
** (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
** (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

##### Derived terms

* kala akan datang (“future tense”)
* kala kini (“present tense”)
* kala lampau (“past tense”)

### Etymology 2

From Malay kala, from Javanese ꦏꦭ (kala, “stinging animal, scorpion”), from Sanskrit कालक (kālaka, “scorpion”).

#### Noun

kala (plural kala-kala)
* (Can we verify this sense?) any member of scorpiones order
* (obsolete) scorpion
    Synonym: kalajengking

##### Derived terms

* bintang kala

### Etymology 3

From Malay kala, from Classical Malay kala.

#### Noun

kala (plural kala-kala)
* (obsolete) silk
    Synonym: sutra

### Etymology 4

From Malay kala, from Classical Malay kala, from Javanese ꦏꦭ (kala, “bird noose, snare”), from Old Javanese kalā.

#### Noun

kala (plural kala-kala)
* (obsolete) snare
    Synonym: jerat

### Etymology 5

From Malay kala, from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ). Doublet of qada.

#### Noun

kala (plural kala-kala)
* (obsolete) Synonym of qada

##### Derived terms

* kala hajat

### Further reading

* “kala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala. Cognates include Finnish kala and Estonian kala.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑɫɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑɫɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Noun

kala
* fish
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Kapa, kala, kala, kana.Dried fish, fish, fish, hen.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 37:Hää ono voimakas kala ja kasvaa suureks.It's a strong fish and grows big.
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:— Kala, kala — ohto tiukkaa! Ota matokkaine suuhu.— Fish, fish — quit playing! Put a mollusk in your mouth.

#### Hypernyms

* elokas (“animal”)

#### Coordinate terms

* zveeri (“animal”), lintu (“bird”)

#### Derived terms

* hepokala
* hiisnikkakala
* kalakajava
* kalakas
* kalamees
* kalamerta
* kalanmarja
* kalanrakko
* kalapiirakka
* kalaseegla
* kalastaa
* kalasuppi
* kambakala
* karassikala
* pyhäkala
* rantakala

### References

* Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кала”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 126
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 82

## Javanese
### Romanization

kala
* Romanization of ꦏꦭ

## Karelian

Regional variants of kala :
| North Karelian (Viena) | kala |
| South Karelian (Tver) | kala |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala. Cognates include Finnish kala and Estonian kala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Noun

kala (genitive kalan, partitive kalua)
* fish

#### Declension
### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kala”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
* P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “рыба”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

## Latvian
### Verb

kala
* third-person singular/plural past indicative of kalt

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala. Cognates include Finnish kala and Estonian kala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Noun

kala (genitive kalan, partitive kalua)
* fish

#### Declension
### References

* N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 3
* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 92

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala.

### Noun

kala
* fish

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /kalə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /kala/
* Rhymes: -alə, -lə, -ə

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”).

#### Noun

kala (Jawi spelling کالا, plural kala-kala, informal 1st possessive kalaku, 2nd possessive kalamu, 3rd possessive kalanya)
* time (inevitable passing of events)
* time (quantity of availability in time)
* time (time of day, as indicated by a clock, etc)
* time (particular moment or hour)
* time (measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time)
* time (numerical indication of a particular moment in time)

##### Synonyms

* masa / ماس
* waktu / وقتو

### Etymology 2

From Javanese kala (“stinging animal”).

#### Noun

kala (Jawi spelling کالا, plural kala-kala, informal 1st possessive kalaku, 2nd possessive kalamu, 3rd possessive kalanya)
* scorpion

## Ngadjunmaya
### Noun

kala
* fire
* firewood

### References

* Suzanne M. Prober, Emma Yuen, Michael H. O'Connor, Les Schultz, Ngadju kala: Ngadju ﬁre knowledge and contemporary ﬁre management in the Great Western Woodlands, Wembley, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Coolgardie, Ngadju Conservation.
* Carl Georg von Brandenstein, 1980, Ngadjumaja: An Aboriginal Language of South-East Western Australia, Innsbruck, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Innsbruck.

## Northern Sotho
### Noun

kala
* branch (of a tree)

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.la/
* Rhymes: -la
* Homophones: kalā, kāla
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit काला (kālā, “black; dark”).

#### Noun

kala
* wicked, evil, base, false

##### Derived terms

* kinala

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, “evil; demon”)

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha, “trumpet, horn”, literally “shell, conch-shell”) +‎ काल (kāla, “time, hour”).

#### Noun

kala
* trumpet

### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit कालक (kālaka, “scorpion”).

#### Noun

kala
* scorpion

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦏꦭ (kala, “stinging animal”)
** → Indonesian: kala (“stinging animal”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

kala
* Alternative spelling of kalā (“noose, snare”)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kalaną, whence also Old English calan. Ultimately from an o-grade present of Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

### Verb

kala
* (impersonal) to cause to freeze [with accusative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "freeze" with the accusative object as the subject)
    mik kell ― I freeze; I become frost-bitten

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kala
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kala, (past participle) kalen
* Swedish: kala (dialectal)

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kala”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.la/
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ka‧la

### Verb

kala
* third-person singular present of kalać

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.ˈla/, [ka.ˈla]

### Noun

kala
* prey; game

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kala (Cyrillic spelling кала)
* genitive singular of kal

## Sumerian
### Romanization

kala
* Romanization of 𒆗 (kala)

## Swedish
### Adjective

kala
* inflection of kal:
** definite singular
** plural

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English color.

### Noun

kala
* color

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

### Noun

kala
* fish

#### Derived terms

* kalankazvatai
* kalankazvatuz
* kalansuug

### References

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

## Võro
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑlɑ/
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### Noun

kala (genitive kala, partitive kalla)
* fish

#### Inflection
## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kala, from Proto-Uralic *kala.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈkɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑɫɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
* Hyphenation: ka‧la

### Noun

kala
* fish

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Zacatepec Chatino
### Adjective

kala
* born (to be)

### Verb

kala
* to join, to unite

## Zigula
### Verb

kala
* to hunt

#### Descendants

* Mbugu: kala

### References

* Maarten Mous, The Making of a Mixed Language: The Case of Ma'a/Mbugu

## Zulu
### Verb

-kála
* to weigh

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “kala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kala (3.9)”