calas

Possibly borrowed from Nupe kara (“fried cake”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɑː/

calas pl (plural only)

1. Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.

• AACSL, Casal, Scala, casal, scala

• IPA^(key): /ka.la/

calas

1. second-person singular past historic of caler

• laças

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.laːs/, [ˈkäɫ̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.las/, [ˈkäːläs]

calās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of calō

• Hyphenation: ca‧las

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalas/ [ˈka.las]
• Rhymes: -alas
• Syllabification: ca‧las

calas f pl

1. plural of cala

calas

1. second-person singular present indicative of calar

calas

1. genitive plural of cal