kalva

Borrowed from Italian calvo, Spanish calvo, Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalva/

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• Hyphenation: kal‧va

kalva (accusative singular kalvan, plural kalvaj, accusative plural kalvajn)

1. bald

   Synonym: senhara

kalva

1. inflection of kalvaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Borrowed from Esperanto kalva, Italian calvo, Spanish calvo, from Latin calvus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalva/

kalva

1. bald

• kalveskar (“to go bald”)

From the same root as kálnas (“mountain”). Cognate with Latvian kalna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• (kalvà, nominative and instrumental) IPA^(key): [kɐlˈʋɐ]
• (kal̃va, vocative) IPA^(key): [ˈkɐlʋɐ]

kalvà f (plural kal̃vos) stress pattern 4

1. (geography) hill

kal̃va f

1. vocative singular of kalva

From kalv (“calf”), compare Faroese kálva. Doublet of kjelva.

kalva (present tense kalvar, past tense kalva, past participle kalva, passive infinitive kalvast, present participle kalvande, imperative kalva/kalv)

1. (about a cow) to give birth, to calve

   Synonyms: bera, kjelva

2. (about an iceberg or glacier) to calve

• “kalva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “kalva” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

kalv (“calf”) +‎ -a

kalva (present kalvar, preterite kalvade, supine kalvat, imperative kalva)

1. (about a cow) to give birth
2. (about an iceberg or glacier) to calve
3. (colloquial) vomit

• kalv
• kalvning

• kalva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kalva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kalva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• valka