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kalja.

A traditional fermented, homemade, weak table drink made of malt and sugar, closely resembling kvass; its alcohol content is between 0.8 and 2.2 %.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑljɑ/[ˈkɑ̝ljɑ̝]
  1. A traditional fermented, homemade, weak table drink made of malt and sugar, closely resembling kvass; its alcohol content is between 0.8 and 2.2 %.

    Kaljaa voidaan valmistaa esimerkiksi ohra- tai ruismaltaista.
  2. beer

    informal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *kalja (cognate with Estonian kali). According to one theory, possibly borrowed from an early Indo-European language; compare Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-u-t- (“beer”) (Proto-Slavic *olъ, Proto-Germanic *alu, Old Prussian alu, Old Armenian աւղի (awłi)), *h₂al-ew-yo-, but this is uncertain. If this etymology is true, then akin to olut, a later borrowing from Baltic or Germanic.

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