spalva

Etymology
From, from ,  with a w extension. Alternatively, *spalu- may simply have been a u-stem noun, later transformed into an ā-stem noun: *spalu-ā- > *spalvā-. The original meaning was probably “that which was torn off, plucked, shorn.” Cognates include 🇨🇬 (“color” meaning is a secondary development), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) feather branching, hair-like structure that covers the skin of birds; a feather covering
 * 2) fur, hair; a covering of hair (on mammals)
 * 3) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) fur, hair; a covering of hair (on mammals)
 * 2) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) fur, hair; a covering of hair (on mammals)
 * 2) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) fur, hair; a covering of hair (on mammals)
 * 2) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)
 * 1) quill, pen (especially to be used as a writing instrument)

Usage notes
In the “writing implement” sense, is the usual term,  being usually reserved for special, or old-fashioned, pens (especially feather pens) or for metaphorical uses.

Synonyms

 * mati

Etymology
From, from , with a w extension. Alternatively, *spalu- may simply have been a u-stem noun, later transformed into an ā-stem noun: *spalu-ā- > *spalvā-. The original meaning was probably “that which was torn off, plucked, shorn.” Cognates include 🇨🇬, Nareva Baltic spiła; the “color” meaning is a secondary development, from “feather, fur.”

Noun

 * 1) colour, color

Noun

 * 1) color, colour