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kala.

fish (aquatic animal)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑlɑ/[ˈkɑ̝lɑ̝]

  1. fish (aquatic animal)

    Hauki on kala.
    Tässä järvessä on paljon kalaa.

  2. fish (meat of the aforementioned aquatic animals)

    Syön usein kalaa.

  3. 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”))

    idiomatic
    olla kalassa
    käydä kalassa

  4. seafood

    in-compounds
    Mennään kalaravintolaan.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kala (compare Estonian kala), from Proto-Uralic *kala (compare Northern Sami guolli, Erzya кал (kal), Eastern Mari кол (kol), Hungarian hal, Tundra Nenets халя (xalya)).

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