>I am not avare of the aromanian word, but _if exist_
>it cannot be "cãlivã" because there is no /e/ after /b/
>form making it /v/.
I haven't heard it myself. I only *read* the word
many a time. But *always* spelled as such by Aromanians
themselves. There are Aromanian web sites, ask them.
here 2 sites with texts containing cãlivã:
www.geocities.com/zborlu/Pirmithe.htm
www.miscarea.com/fratilia.html
OTOH, there is the Aromanian family name Colibaba;
but I guess that it is a composed one, coli+baba,
since there are similar ones, such as Colimitra
(where even a Romanian can assume coli+mitra).
George