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- kalû (1) : [Legal] person : held back , delayed , detained , retained ;
- kalû (2) : [Religion] 1) a chanter , a lamentation priest
2) (plural) : a choir
[rab kalê] : chief chanter
- kalû (5) : 1) person, slave, prisoner : to hold back , to detain , to arrest , to retain ;
2) animal : to restrain , to pull up ;
3) leak, diarrhea ... : to stop , to staunch , to block off ;
4) goods, tribute : to withhold , to hold back ;
5) request : to refuse , to withhold , to deny ;
6) noise, tears, prayer, hair -from falling- ... : to restrain , to hold back , to fight back , to refrain , to abstain ;
7) to prevent somebody from doing something , to forestall ;
8) to moor a boat , to fasten an animal ;
- kalu , kullatu * : all , whole , every
- kalû B , uḫḫuru : to hold back