"kell" meaning in Estonian

See kell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *kellä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”). Etymology templates: {{inh|et|urj-fin-pro|*këllo|*kellä}} Proto-Finnic *kellä, {{der|et|gem-pro|*skellǭ||bell}} Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”) Head templates: {{head|et|nouns|genitive|kella|||partitive|kella|||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f2accel-form=gen|s|f3accel-form=par|s|f3request=1|f4accel-form=par|s|head=}} kell (genitive kella, partitive kella), {{et-noun|kella|kella}} kell (genitive kella, partitive kella) Inflection templates: {{et-decl-külm|kel|l|l|a}} Forms: kella [genitive], kella [partitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kell [nominative, singular], kellad [nominative, plural], kell [accusative, nominative, singular], kellad [accusative, nominative, plural], kella [accusative, genitive, singular], kellad [accusative, genitive, plural], kella [genitive, singular], kellade [genitive, plural], kella [partitive, singular], kelli [partitive, plural], kellasid [partitive, plural], kella [illative, singular], kellasse [illative, singular], kelladesse [illative, plural], kellisse [illative, plural], kellas [inessive, singular], kellades [inessive, plural], kellis [inessive, plural], kellast [elative, singular], kelladest [elative, plural], kellist [elative, plural], kellale [allative, singular], kelladele [allative, plural], kellile [allative, plural], kellal [adessive, singular], kelladel [adessive, plural], kellil [adessive, plural], kellalt [ablative, singular], kelladelt [ablative, plural], kellilt [ablative, plural], kellaks [singular, translative], kelladeks [plural, translative], kelliks [plural, translative], kellani [singular, terminative], kelladeni [plural, terminative], kellana [essive, singular], kelladena [essive, plural], kellata [abessive, singular], kelladeta [abessive, plural], kellaga [comitative, singular], kelladega [comitative, plural]
  1. clock
    Sense id: en-kell-et-noun-2BmO-jYE Categories (other): Estonian külm-type nominals Disambiguation of Estonian külm-type nominals: 33 33 33
  2. bell
    Sense id: en-kell-et-noun-9oN0DN7W Categories (other): Estonian külm-type nominals Disambiguation of Estonian külm-type nominals: 33 33 33
  3. (in the plural, colloquial) balls, testicles Tags: colloquial, in-plural
    Sense id: en-kell-et-noun-i8tvgDcu Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header, Estonian külm-type nominals Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 71 Disambiguation of Estonian külm-type nominals: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: käekell

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "käekell"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*këllo",
        "4": "*kellä"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *kellä",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skellǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bell"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *kellä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-külm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "length gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "22i/külm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kell",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kell",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellade",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellasid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellades",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellalt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellaks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelliks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "kella",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "kella",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kella",
        "2": "kella"
      },
      "expansion": "kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kel",
        "2": "l",
        "3": "l",
        "4": "a"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-külm"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian külm-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "id": "en-kell-et-noun-2BmO-jYE",
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian külm-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bell"
      ],
      "id": "en-kell-et-noun-9oN0DN7W",
      "links": [
        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian külm-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "balls, testicles"
      ],
      "id": "en-kell-et-noun-i8tvgDcu",
      "links": [
        [
          "balls",
          "balls"
        ],
        [
          "testicles",
          "testicles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural, colloquial) balls, testicles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kell"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Estonian külm-type nominals",
    "Estonian lemmas",
    "Estonian nouns",
    "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
    "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "käekell"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*këllo",
        "4": "*kellä"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *kellä",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skellǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bell"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *kellä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-külm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "length gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "22i/külm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kell",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kell",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellade",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellasid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellisse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellades",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellist",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellalt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellilt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellaks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelliks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kellaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kelladega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "kella",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "kella",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kella",
        "2": "kella"
      },
      "expansion": "kell (genitive kella, partitive kella)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kel",
        "2": "l",
        "3": "l",
        "4": "a"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-külm"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "balls, testicles"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balls",
          "balls"
        ],
        [
          "testicles",
          "testicles"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural, colloquial) balls, testicles"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kell"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Estonian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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