*k-w-l- “hollow, ditch”

PMA
  kulya              “rivulet, canal”       Sanskrit, also 
  kulin              “river” 

SIG, IESSG, VISW
  *k2-L- (*kW2-l-)   “contain, hold”        pre-IndoEuropean-AfroAsiatic
  Alternative form
  *kW-l-                                    Proto-IndoEuropean
  kaliù              “am prisoner”          Lithuanian
  kaleti             “be prisoner”          Lithuanian
  kaline~            “prison”               Lithuanian
  ka:ra:             “prison”               Sanskrit
  *kW-l >
  *k-w-l-                                   North Semitic
  ka:lu inf.         “hold, carry,
                      hold up, exalt”       Assyrian
  ta-ka:ltu          “container”            Assyrian
  ka:l  perf.        “contain, measure”     Hebrew
  extended 
  *k-l-y-            “measure”              Ethiopian
  whence
  ma-klit            “talentum”             Ethiopian
  *k-y-l- (?< *k-l-y-)                      Arabic
  ka:la perf.        “measured”             Arabic
  *kW-l-                                    Proto-IndoEuropean
  *k-l-y- >
  keliù pres.        “raise”                Lithuanian
  extended with t- (orig. only pres.?)
  *kWòlt-mo > (with hW > h before a)
  halthan, haltan    “hold”                 Old High German
  
  fully redupl.
  kilke:l            “contain, hold,
                      endure, maintain”     Hebrew
  k-l-l- redupl.     “contain, surround”    Semitic
  whence
  kullatu            “enclosed space,
                      living room”          Assyrian
  s^u-klultu         “enclosure”            Assyrian
  extended with A- (orig. A2-)
  *k-l-A-                                   Common Semitic
  kal'a perf.        “protect, contain,
                      hold back, keep”      Ethiopian
  kala'a             “guarded, served”      Arabic
  kelå               “hindered”             Syrian
  ka:la:'            “enclose, retain,
                      hinder, constrain”    Arabic
  kalu: inf.         “finish, block,
                      lock up, hold back”   Assyrian
  kilu (< *kil'u)    “blockade, prison,
                      chain”                Assyrian
  kæ`læ              “prison”               Hebrew
  extended with A2- 
  *k2-l-A2- >
  *kla:-             “close”                Proto-IndoEuropean
  cla:-vi-s          “key”                  Latin
  kle:-is            “key”                  Greek
  kla:-is            “key”                  Dorian Greek
  *kla:wi-d- >
  claudo             “close, block”         Latin
  :
  *k.-l-                                    Semitic
  extended with -Y.-
  k.alY.atun         “citadel, fortress”    Arabic
  extended with -t-/-t.-
  k.altun            “reservoir”            Arabic
  :
  k.a:lat.                                  New Hebrew
  k.&lat.                                   Jewish Aramaic
  extended with -d-
  k.alada            “collect (water)
                      in reservoir”         Arabic
  
IEW
  *kau-l-, *ku-l-    “hollow; hollow stem, bone”
  kulyá-             “stream, ditch, canal” Sanskrit
  kaulás             “stem, shaft”          Greek
  caulis             “plant stem”           Latin
  caulan             “bone”                 Old Prussian
  hol                “hollow”               Old English

PMA
  kuala-             “canal, watercourse”   Malagasy 
  kulu-              “to flow as water”     Hawai'i 
  turu-              “to drop as water”     Fiji
  kolo-              “water”                Roviana
  kolo-              “lake, rain water”     Florida


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