calan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kalan, from Proto-Germanic *kalaną (“to be cold”). Cognate with Old Norse kala (“to be cold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.lɑn/

Verb

calan

  1. (intransitive) to be or get cold (impersonal, with dative or accusative of person)
    Mē cælþ.
    I'm cold.
    (literally, “(To) me (it) is cold.”)

Conjugation
Conjugation of calan (strong class 6)
infinitive calan calenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular cale cōl
second person singular cælest, cælst cōle
third person singular cæleþ, cælþ cōl
plural calaþ cōlon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular cale cōle
plural calen cōlen
imperative
singular cal
plural calaþ
participle present past
calende (ġe)cælen, (ġe)calen

Derived terms
  • ācalan

Descendants
  • Middle English: calen

See also
  • hātian (“to be hot”)
  • hyngran (“to be hungry”)
  • þyrstan (“to be thirsty”)
  • wearmian (“to be warm”)
  • wlacian (“to be lukewarm”)
  • wlǣtian (“to be nauseous”)

Somali

Noun

calan ?

  1. flag
    Synonym: calanka

Spanish

Verb

calan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of calar

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lan
  • IPA(key): /kaˈlan/, [kɐˈlan]

Noun

calán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜈ᜔)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kalan

Volapük

Etymology

From cal +‎ -an.

Noun

calan (nominative plural calans)

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Declension
declension of calan
singular plural
nominative calan calans
genitive calana calanas
dative calane calanes
accusative calani calanis
vocative 1 o calan! o calans!
predicative 2 calanu calanus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kalan, from Proto-Brythonic *kalann (compare Cornish and Breton kalan), from Vulgar Latin *calandae, from Latin kalendae (“calends”).

Pronunciation

Noun

calan m (plural calannau)

  1. first day of the month, calends

Derived terms
  • Calan Awst
  • Calan Gaeaf
  • Calan Mai
  • calennig
  • Dydd Calan
  • hel calennig
  • Hen Galan
  • Nos Galan

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
calan galan nghalan chalan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “calan”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate calamoi, Tabaru caana.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.l̪an̪/

Numeral

calan

  1. thousand
    calan lo awoisiwe lo siwe ― one thousand and ninety-nine

Usage notes

This serves as a numeral root. For the specific number one thousand (1000), the forms calan minye or calannye must be used.

References
  • F. S. Watuseke (1982) West Makian, a Language of the North-Halmahéra Group of the West-Irian Phylum‎, Anthropological Linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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