[ˈkɤɫkɐ]
ПроизходInherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlka (“bony stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kulˀk-. Per Derksen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”).
Cognates include Macedonian колк (kolk, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”) and Lithuanian kulkšnis (“ankle”).
- colloquialupper muscular portion of the leg
- colloquialthigh
Формикъ́лка(canonical, feminine) · kǎ́lka(romanization) · къ́лчица(diminutive) · къ́лка(indefinite, singular) · къ́лки(indefinite, plural) · къ́лката(definite, singular) · къ́лките(definite, plural) · кълк(alternative, dialectal)