- καλιά
- καλιάGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hut, barn, granary, nest' (Hes.); καλιός m. `hut, scale' (Epich., Cratin.).Other forms: Iion. -ιήDerivatives: - Diminutive καλί̄διον (Eup.); καλιάς, -άδος f. `hut, sest, chapel' (Attica IVa, D. H., Plu.) with καλιάδιον (Delos IIa).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Through the almost generally long ῑ (Scheller Oxytonierung 91) καλιά distinguishes itself from the oxytona in -ιά. As the etymological connection is therefore unclear, the connection with καλύπτω etc. (s. v.) becomes doubtfull. Acc. to Pisani IF 58, 246 here Osc. kaíla `aedem, sacellum' with metathesis (?). (Not to Skt. kulā́ya- n. (m.) `wicker-work, nest, house' s. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,764
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.