kalu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindi कालू (kālū, “a dark-skinned person”). === Noun === kalu (uncountable) (India, offensive) a dark-skinned person. When dark skin carries such a heavy burden of discrimination — one that is alive and kicking even today — calling a person kalu, regardless of how much affection it’s said with, cannot be harmless. - Rajvi Desai == 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(key): /ˈkɑlu/, [ˈkɑ̝lu] Rhymes: -ɑlu Syllabification(key): ka‧lu Hyphenation(key): ka‧lu === Noun === kalu physical thing, object, tool (colloquial) penis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “kalu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === Luka, alku, laku == Latvian == === Verb === kalu first-person singular past indicative of kalt == Malay == === Etymology === Dialectal pronunciation of kalau (“if”). === Adverb === kalu (dialectal, Sambas) maybe === Conjunction === kalu (dialectal, Kelantan-Pattani) if Synonym: (standard) jika == 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]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.l̪u/ === Verb === kalu (transitive) to stir ==== Conjugation ==== === References === James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics