kallm
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂-m-, enlargment of *kolH- (“awn”) (cf. kalli). Compare Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”), Latin culmus (“haulm”), Old High German halam, Old Prussian salme (“straw”). A loan from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) or Latin calamus is also possible.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaɫm]
- Rhymes: -aɫm
Noun
kallm m (plural kallma, definite kallmi, definite plural kallmat) (originally Gheg, Arvanitika)
- (botany) bulrush, cattail (Typha)
- Synonym: kundje
- (regional) reed, cane
- Synonym: kallam
- rolling pin
- Synonyms: petës, okllai, hollues
- part of sock from ankle to knee
- pipe, pipe-like rod
- narrow plot of land for vegetable farming
- Synonym: vllajë
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kallm | kallmi | kallma | kallmat |
| accusative | kallmin | |||
| dative | kallmi | kallmit | kallmave | kallmave |
| ablative | kallmash | |||
Derived terms
- kallmishtë
- kalli
See also
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kallm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “kallm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallm”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 178