Call

//kɔːl//

Synonyms for "call" (597 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (120)

Verb(27 words)

name anticipate call up cry foretell holler phone predict prognosticate ring scream shout telephone yell nominate address arouse augur awake awaken

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be known as bename bid bring round call in call off call out

address bid birdcall cry name predict shout visit accompany adjuration adumbrate alarm alarum allurement angelus angelus bell animal noise ante ante up antecedent

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Noun(3 words)

birdcall birdsong call option

Strong matches (179)

castigate caterwaul causation cause cause and effect caw challenge chastise chatter cheep cheer chirk chirp chirr chirrup chitter christen chuck church cite

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clack claim clamor clang class cluck cock-a-doodle-doo collect come by come over command compulsory military service conjure conjure up conscript conscription contribution convene convocation convoke coo cover croak cronk crow cry out cuckoo cut lots cut the cards ddd defiance define demand demand for demand payment denominate denote designate determinant determinative dial dial tone direct distance dialing discontinue draft draft call drafting drain draught draughtsman draughty draw draw lots draw on draw straws drawing power drop in drop someone line drum dub dun duty duty visit element elicit engraved invitation enlist enlistment enrollment entitle entreat entreaty estimate etiology evaluate evocation evoke exact exaction exclamation excuse extortion extortionate demand factor fade fetch figure forecast form an estimate formal visit foundation gabble gaggle gamble game gather gauge get give a ring give an appreciation give tongue give voice gobble good reason ground grounds grunt guess guggle hail halloo hang up hazard heavy demand hold hold the phone holler hollo holy orders honk hoo hoot howl howling hurrah identify imploration imploring

Noun(2 words)

claim cry

Verb(29 words)

clarify clear up clepe color denominate designate dial up divine drop a line drop someone a line dub entitle explicitize forebode forecast foredeem forehold foresee foreshadow get on the horn

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get something straight give someone a bell give someone a buzz give someone a call give someone a jingle give someone a ring give someone a tinkle halloo hollo

Related words (298)

imposition impost imprecation impressment indent induction insistent demand inspire invitation invite invocation invocatory plea invoice invoke issue an invitation judge justification knock up label last post

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lay lay a wager lay down levy listen in local call long distance long-distance call look in look up lot low lure mad round make a bet make a call make an estimation margin call mark market match coins material basis mating call measure meet a bet meow mew mewl miaow mobile call mobilization moo moose call muster muster up necessity need neigh nicker nickname nod nonnegotiable demand note notice notification obligation obsecration obtestation occasion on call on duty option order order up page parlay pass pastorage pastoral care pastorate peep person-to-person call petition phone phone call phone up pick up pip pipe place play play against play at dice play the ponies plea plunge pop in portend postpone postulate prayer preconization preconize presage press priesthood priestship principle prize prognosticate prophesy pule pull pulpit punt put put and call quack rabbinate raffle raffle off raise rally rallying cry rank rate ready reason rebel yell rebuke recall reckon recruit recruiting recruitment reprimand reprove request require required visit requirement requisition reveille right ring ring off ring up roar rogation roll round up rouse run in rush rush order sacred calling scold screak scream screech seduction see selective service send a statement send after send for serve shoot craps shriek shrill sing social call social round social whirl solicit song soothsay specify speculate sport spread squall squawk squeak squeal stake stand pat station-to-station call step in stimulus stock option straddle strap stridulation strip style subpoena substance suit summon summon forth summon up summons supplicate supplication tag taps tax taxing telephone telephone call term the church the cloth the desk the ministry the pulpit tinkle title toll call toss tribute trill troat trumpet call tweet twit twitter ultimatum ululate ululation upbraid valuate value vaticinate visitation visiting vocation vociferate wager wail wake up war cry war whoop warble warning warrant whicker whine whinny whistle whoop within call woodnote yammer yap yawl yawp yell yelp yip yo-ho yowl

Verb(27 words)

knock up know as narrow down particularize phone up presage promise prophesy ring up roar roop rouse roust send send for shout out singularize specialize specificate squall

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style term uprouse visit wake wake up waken

Noun(8 words)

margin call outcry phone call shout song telephone call vociferation yell

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

84 entries

address adjudge animal communication arouse ask ask for asking awaken bespeak call for challenge command conclusion consider decision declare

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More specific

38 entries

altar call bird call booty call broker's call bugle call calendar call cat call cold call collect call conference call courtesy call crank call curtain call distress call duck call forecall

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Antonyms

12 entries

answer email hang hang up hanging hanging up receive respond response text up whisper

Synonyms

10 entries

address bid birdcall call option cry margin call name predict shout visit

at location

6 entries

answering machine call center office telephonelines using telephone voice mail

causes

1 entries

meet

derived

316 entries

I'll call the police I've never heard it called that before Jody call aftercall altar call answer the call answer the call of nature ass call at call auction call becall beck and call bird call birdcall boatswain's call booty call

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distinct from

1 entries

hangup

entails

2 entries

dial square dance

etymologically related_to

1 entries

glory

has context

15 entries

banking baseball computing cricket finance heading legal nautical poker proscribed sometimes with for sport telecommunication telephone us

is a

7 entries

decision demand inclination instruction request telephone visit

manner of

16 entries

ask awaken challenge declare demand entice indicate label order postpone read request see stop telecommunicate utter

part of

1 entries

card game

receives action

1 entries

placed on telephone

related to

234 entries

action action of activity and response answer ask attention attract attract attention available avoid batsman beckon bellow bellow out bridge

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similar

23 entries

address be known as call in call out call up cry cry out exclaim holler hollo know as name outcry phone ring scream

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used for

16 entries

attracting ducks communicate communicating communication contact derivative financial instrument getting attention giving information hunt duck ordering pizza phoning another person showing poker hands talking to client talking to friend telephoning warning of impending danger

Translations

817 translations across 131 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

roep verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Albanian

2 entries

telefonatë noun (telephone conversation)
quaj verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κλῆσις noun (beckoning or summoning)
καλέω verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
καλέω verb (to name or refer to)

Ao

2 entries

aja (Chungli) verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
aja (Chungli) verb (to name or refer to)

Arabic

4 entries

اتِّصال noun (telephone conversation)
اِتِّصَال noun (telephone conversation)
زيارة noun (social visit)
زِيَارَة noun (social visit)

Aragonese

1 entries

clamar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Armenian

4 entries

այցելություն noun (social visit)
զանգ noun (telephone conversation)
կանչ noun (cry or shout)
կանչ noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)

Aromanian

1 entries

cljem verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Assamese

2 entries

মতা verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
মাতা verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܡܲܚܒܲܪܬܵܐ noun (telephone conversation)
ܡܲܚܒܸܪ verb (to contact by telephone)
ܩܵܪܹܐ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ܩܵܪܹܐ verb (to cry or shout)

Asturian

1 entries

llamar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bağırtı noun (cry or shout)
görüşə gəlmə noun (social visit)
telefon söhbəti noun (telephone conversation)
ziyarət noun (social visit)

Belarusian

4 entries

візі́т noun (social visit)
звано́к noun (telephone conversation)
наве́дванне noun (social visit)
звані́ць verb (to contact by telephone)

Bengali

1 entries

ডাকা verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Brunei Malay

3 entries

lagau verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
panggil verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
talipun verb (to contact by telephone)

Bulgarian

4 entries

визи́та noun (social visit)
вик noun (cry or shout)
вик noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
дежу́рство noun (type of work shift)

Burmese

2 entries

ဆင့် verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
အော် verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Catalan

4 entries

crida noun (cry or shout)
crida noun (beckoning or summoning)
crida noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
crit noun (cry or shout)

Cebuano

1 entries

tawag verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

بانگ noun (cry or shout)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏯᏂᎭ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ᎦᎸᏛᏂᎭ verb (to contact by telephone)

Chinese

2 entries

叫 verb (to name or refer to)
敲 verb (to contact by telephone)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

通話 /通话 noun (telephone conversation)
電話 /电话 noun (telephone conversation)
打電話 /打电话 verb (to contact by telephone)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

呼叫 noun (cry or shout)
呼喊 noun (cry or shout)
探望 noun (social visit)
訪問 /访问 noun (social visit)

Church Slavic

2 entries

зъвати verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
клицати verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Corsican

1 entries

chjamà verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Czech

4 entries

hovor noun (telephone conversation)
křik noun (cry or shout)
návštěva noun (social visit)
volání noun (beckoning or summoning)

Dalmatian

1 entries

clamuor verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Danish

4 entries

opkald noun (telephone conversation)
besøge verb (to pay a social visit)
kalde verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
kalde verb (to name or refer to)

Dutch

4 entries

bezoek noun (social visit)
oproep noun (telephone conversation)
roep noun (cry or shout)
roep noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)

Egyptian

1 entries

a:S-A2 verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Esperanto

4 entries

alvoko noun (beckoning or summoning)
voko noun (telephone conversation)
voko noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
telefoni verb (to contact by telephone)

Estonian

2 entries

helistama verb (to contact by telephone)
kutsuma verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Finnish

4 entries

huuto noun (cry or shout)
keikka noun (prostitution: meeting with a client)
kutsu noun (beckoning or summoning)
kutsu noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)

French

4 entries

appeau noun (instrument to call birds or animals)
appel noun (cry or shout)
appel noun (beckoning or summoning)
appel noun (telephone conversation)

Friulian

1 entries

clamâ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Galician

4 entries

berro noun (cry or shout)
chamada noun (telephone conversation)
visita noun (social visit)
berrar verb (to cry or shout)

Georgian

4 entries

ზარი noun (telephone conversation)
სატელეფონო საუბარი noun (telephone conversation)
ყვირილი noun (cry or shout)
შეძახება noun (cry or shout)

German

4 entries

Anruf noun (telephone conversation)
Aufruf noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
Bereitschaftsdienst noun (type of work shift)
Besuch noun (social visit)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to name or refer to)
𐌻𐌰𐌸𐍉𐌽 verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to name or refer to)

Greek

4 entries

αναφώνηση noun (cry or shout)
επίσκεψη noun (social visit)
εφημερία noun (type of work shift)
κάλεσμα noun (beckoning or summoning)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

rele verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Hebrew

4 entries

צִיּוּץ noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
צִלְצוּל noun (telephone conversation)
קְרִיאָה noun (cry or shout)
קְרִיאָה noun (beckoning or summoning)

Hindi

4 entries

आह्वान noun (beckoning or summoning)
चिल्लाना noun (cry or shout)
फ़ोन noun (telephone conversation)
बुलाना noun (beckoning or summoning)

Hungarian

4 entries

hang noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
hívás noun (beckoning or summoning)
hívás noun (telephone conversation)
kiáltás noun (cry or shout)

Icelandic

4 entries

heimsókn noun (social visit)
hróp noun (cry or shout)
kall noun (cry or shout)
kall noun (beckoning or summoning)

Ido

3 entries

telefono noun (telephone conversation)
telefonar verb (to contact by telephone)
vokar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Indonesian

2 entries

telepon noun (telephone conversation)
menelepon verb (to contact by telephone)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

تَماس noun (telephone conversation)
دیدار noun (social visit)
زَنْگ noun (telephone conversation)
زِیارَت noun (social visit)

Irish

4 entries

glao noun (cry or shout)
glao noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
glao noun (telephone conversation)
glaoch noun (beckoning or summoning)

Isoko

1 entries

se verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries

cľamå verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Italian

4 entries

canto noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
capatina noun (social visit)
chiamata noun (beckoning or summoning)
chiamata noun (telephone conversation)

Japanese

4 entries

叫び noun (cry or shout)
呼び noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
呼び出し noun (beckoning or summoning)
呼び出し noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

txomada noun (telephone conversation)
xamada noun (telephone conversation)

Kalmyk

1 entries

җиңнүлх verb (to contact by telephone)

Kapampangan

1 entries

aus noun (telephone conversation)

Kazakh

2 entries

қоңырау noun (telephone conversation)
шақыру verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

thì verb (to contact by telephone)
thì verb (to contact by telephone)

Khmer

1 entries

ហៅ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Korean

4 entries

방문 noun (social visit)
부름 noun (beckoning or summoning)
외침 noun (cry or shout)
울음 noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

звонок noun (telephone conversation)
коңгуроо noun (telephone conversation)
чакыруу verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Lao

3 entries

ກູ່ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ເອີ້ນ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ເອີ້ນ verb (to name or refer to)

Latgalian

4 entries

klaiga noun (cry or shout)
klīdzīņs noun (cry or shout)
saucīņs noun (cry or shout)
klīgt verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Latin

4 entries

clamo verb (to cry or shout)
nomino verb (to name or refer to)
nuncupō verb (to name or refer to)
vocō verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Latvian

4 entries

apmeklējums noun (social visit)
kliedziens noun (cry or shout)
sauciens noun (cry or shout)
vizīte noun (social visit)

Ligurian

4 entries

ciamâ verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ciamâ verb (to cry or shout)
ciamâ verb (to contact by telephone)
ciamâ verb (to name or refer to)

Lithuanian

3 entries

pašaukti verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
skambinti verb (to contact by telephone)
šaukti verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Lombard

1 entries

ciamà verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Low German

1 entries

ropen verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

groniś verb (to name or refer to)
wołaś verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Lushootseed

1 entries

daʔ verb (to name or refer to)

Lutuv

1 entries

ku verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Ruff noun (cry or shout)
Uruff noun (telephone conversation)

Macedonian

4 entries

вик noun (cry or shout)
крик noun (cry or shout)
крик noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
по́вик noun (beckoning or summoning)

Malay

2 entries

panggilan noun (telephone conversation)
panggil verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Māori

4 entries

waeatanga noun (telephone conversation)
karanga verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
peka verb (to contact by telephone)
peka verb (to pay a social visit)

Neapolitan

1 entries

chiammà verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

North Frisian

1 entries

röp verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Norwegian

1 entries

kalle verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

anløp noun (social visit)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

anløp noun (social visit)

Occitan

4 entries

apelar verb (to name or refer to)
cridar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
cridar verb (to name or refer to)
sonar verb (to name or refer to)

Old English

4 entries

cīgung noun (beckoning or summoning)
nēosung noun (social visit)
oncīgung noun (beckoning or summoning)
sēcness noun (social visit)

Old Irish

4 entries

as·beir do verb (to name or refer to)
con·gair verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
con·gair verb (to cry or shout)
do·gair verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Ossetian

1 entries

хонын verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

چاغرمق verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
چاغرمق verb (to cry or shout)

Papiamentu

1 entries

yama verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Pashto

3 entries

بلل verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
بلل verb (to cry or shout)
بلل verb (to name or refer to)

Persian

4 entries

تلفن کردن verb (to contact by telephone)
خواندن verb (to name or refer to)
زنگ زدن verb (to contact by telephone)
زنگیدن verb (to contact by telephone)

Polish

4 entries

krzyk noun (cry or shout)
odwiedziny noun (social visit)
okrzyk noun (cry or shout)
rozmowa telefoniczna noun (telephone conversation)

Portuguese

4 entries

canto noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
chamada noun (cry or shout)
chamada noun (beckoning or summoning)
chamada noun (telephone conversation)

Quechua

3 entries

waqya noun (telephone conversation)
waqyay verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
waqyay verb (to contact by telephone)

Romanian

4 entries

chemare noun (telephone conversation)
vizită noun (social visit)
chema verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
striga verb (to cry or shout)

Romansch

4 entries

telefon noun (telephone conversation)
clamar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
clamer verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
clomar verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Russian

4 entries

визи́т noun (social visit)
вы́зов noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
го́лос noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
дежу́рство noun (type of work shift)

Sanskrit

1 entries

गृणाति verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Sardinian

1 entries

ciamare verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

gairm noun (cry or shout)
gairm noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
gairm verb (to cry or shout)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

pȍsjet noun (social visit)
telefonski poziv noun (telephone conversation)
по̏сјет noun (social visit)
nazivati verb (to contact by telephone)

Sicilian

1 entries

chiamari verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ཀུག verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Slovak

4 entries

hovor noun (telephone conversation)
návšteva noun (social visit)
telefonovať verb (to contact by telephone)
volať verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Slovene

4 entries

klic noun (cry or shout)
klic noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
klic noun (beckoning or summoning)
klic noun (telephone conversation)

Spanish

4 entries

canto noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)
convocatoria noun (beckoning or summoning)
grito noun (cry or shout)
guardia noun (type of work shift)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

kari verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Swahili

4 entries

kilio noun (cry or shout)
mwito noun (beckoning or summoning)
kuita verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
kuita verb (to cry or shout)

Swedish

4 entries

anrop noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
besök noun (social visit)
call noun (poker: act of matching a bet)
fågelsång noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)

Tagalog

3 entries

tawag noun (telephone conversation)
tawag verb (to name or refer to)
tawagan verb (to contact by telephone)

Tajik

4 entries

занг noun (telephone conversation)
тамос noun (telephone conversation)
фарёд кардан verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
ҷеғ задан verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Tamil

3 entries

ஃபோன் பண்ணு verb (to contact by telephone)
அழை verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
கூப்பிடு verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Tausug

1 entries

tawag verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Telugu

3 entries

పిలుపు noun (beckoning or summoning)
అను verb (to name or refer to)
పిలుచు verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Thai

4 entries

เรียก verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
โทร verb (to contact by telephone)
โทรศัพท์ verb (to contact by telephone)
โทรหา verb (to contact by telephone)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཁ་དཔར་གཏོང་བ verb (to contact by telephone)

Turkish

4 entries

çağrı noun (telephone conversation)
aramak verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
aramak verb (to contact by telephone)
çağırmak verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Turkmen

2 entries

oýarmak verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
çagarmak verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Ukrainian

4 entries

виклик noun (computing: act of jumping to a subprogram)
відві́дування noun (social visit)
візи́т noun (social visit)
візи́та noun (social visit)

Urdu

4 entries

فون noun (telephone conversation)
بلانا verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
فون کرنا verb (to contact by telephone)
ملانا verb (to contact by telephone)

Uyghur

2 entries

تېلېفون بەرمەك verb (to contact by telephone)
چاقىرماق verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Uzbek

3 entries

qoʻngʻiroq noun (telephone conversation)
zvonok noun (telephone conversation)
chaqirmoq verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Vietnamese

4 entries

gọi verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
gọi verb (to name or refer to)
gọi điện thoại verb (to contact by telephone)
kêu verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Walloon

4 entries

criyî verb (to cry or shout)
cåler verb (to contact by telephone)
houkî verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
houkî verb (to cry or shout)

Welsh

1 entries

galwad noun (beckoning or summoning)

West Flemish

1 entries

roepen verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

West-Frisian

4 entries

oprop noun (telephone conversation)
telefoanpetear noun (telephone conversation)
opbelje verb (to contact by telephone)
opskilje verb (to contact by telephone)

White Hmong

1 entries

hu verb (to name or refer to)

Yakut

1 entries

угуй verb (to request, summon, or beckon)

Yiddish

3 entries

טעלעפֿאָנירן verb (to contact by telephone)
רופֿן verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
רופֿן verb (to name or refer to)

Zulu

3 entries

biza verb (to request, summon, or beckon)
biza ngokuthi verb (to name or refer to)
memeza verb (to cry or shout)

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kxʻāa noun (characteristic cry of a bird or other animal)

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I'll call them tomorrow when I come back.

Source: tatoeba (1309)

Where can one make a phone call?

Source: tatoeba (1713)

Call the police!

Source: tatoeba (1718)

Could you call again later, please?

Source: tatoeba (1824)

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