"clavula" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clavulas [plural], clavulae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”). By surface analysis, clav(a) + -ula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|clāvula||scion, graft}} Latin clāvula (“scion, graft”), {{surf|en|clava|-ula|alt1=clav(a)}} By surface analysis, clav(a) + -ula Head templates: {{en-noun|s|clavulae}} clavula (plural clavulas or clavulae)
  1. A ciliated bristle of some sea urchins
    Sense id: en-clavula-en-noun-MPJwuRwP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ula, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ula: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. A spicule of some sponges
    Sense id: en-clavula-en-noun-VpoqYLLi

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈkɫaː.wʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈklaː.vu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Effectively a diminutive from clāva (“staff, club”) + -ula. Given the apparent cognate in Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), Proto-Italic *klāwelā is reconstructible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|clāva|ulus|alt2=ula|gloss1=staff, club}} clāva (“staff, club”) + -ula, {{cog|xum|𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚|pos=name of a sacrificial instrument}} Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf, name of a sacrificial instrument), {{inh|la|itc-pro|*klāwelā}} Proto-Italic *klāwelā Head templates: {{la-noun|clāvula<1>}} clāvula f (genitive clāvulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|clāvula<1>}} Forms: clāvula [canonical, feminine], clāvulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], clāvula [nominative, singular], clāvulae [nominative, plural], clāvulae [genitive, singular], clāvulārum [genitive, plural], clāvulae [dative, singular], clāvulīs [dative, plural], clāvulam [accusative, singular], clāvulās [accusative, plural], clāvulā [ablative, singular], clāvulīs [ablative, plural], clāvula [singular, vocative], clāvulae [plural, vocative]
  1. graft, scion Tags: declension-1 Related terms: clāva, clāvulus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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