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kali

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kali"

English Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

Arabic قِلْي‎ (qily). See alkali.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæli/, /ˈkeɪli/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun Edit

kali (uncountable)

  1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
    • 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2:
      But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda […]
  2. Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.

Etymology 2 Edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːli/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun Edit

kali (uncountable)

  1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
    Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

Etymology 3 Edit

Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪli/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun Edit

kali (uncountable)

  1. A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
    • 1928, Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, in The Homestead (South Africa)‎[1], page 27:
      [M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc.
    • 2005, Christopher Upton, Living Back-to-back‎[2], page 152:
      The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882.
    • 2012 June 6, Nigel Slater (@NigelSlater), Twitter‎[3]:
      A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali.

Anagrams Edit

Anguthimri Edit

Noun Edit

kali

  1. (Mpakwithi) hole

References Edit

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Betawi Edit

Etymology Edit

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

Noun Edit

kali

  1. river

Bikol Central Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li
  • IPA(key): /kaˈli/, [kaˈl̪i]

Noun Edit

kalí

  1. canal; ditch; trench; gutter
    Synonym: saruro

Derived terms Edit

Central Huasteca Nahuatl Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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Noun Edit

kali

  1. building, house.

Dupaningan Agta Edit

Noun Edit

kali

  1. kind of large bird

Estonian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Finnic *kalja. Possibly a pre-Balto-Slavic Indo-European loan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂al-ew-yo-.

Noun Edit

kali (genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

  1. kvass

Declension Edit

Declension of kali (type nali)
singular plural
nominative kali kaljad
genitive kalja kaljade
partitive kalja kaljasid / kalju
illative kaljasse / kalja kaljadesse / kaljusse
inessive kaljas kaljades / kaljus
elative kaljast kaljadest / kaljust
allative kaljale kaljadele / kaljule
adessive kaljal kaljadel / kaljul
ablative kaljalt kaljadelt / kaljult
translative kaljaks kaljadeks / kaljuks
terminative kaljani kaljadeni
essive kaljana kaljadena
abessive kaljata kaljadeta
comitative kaljaga kaljadega

Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

From German Kali.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑli/, [ˈkɑ̝li]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧li

Noun Edit

kali

  1. potassium
  2. potassium oxide

Declension Edit

Inflection of kali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kali kalit
genitive kalin kalien
partitive kalia kaleja
illative kaliin kaleihin
singular plural
nominative kali kalit
accusative nom. kali kalit
gen. kalin
genitive kalin kalien
partitive kalia kaleja
inessive kalissa kaleissa
elative kalista kaleista
illative kaliin kaleihin
adessive kalilla kaleilla
ablative kalilta kaleilta
allative kalille kaleille
essive kalina kaleina
translative kaliksi kaleiksi
instructive — kalein
abessive kalitta kaleitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kali (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kalini kalini
accusative nom. kalini kalini
gen. kalini
genitive kalini kalieni
partitive kaliani kalejani
inessive kalissani kaleissani
elative kalistani kaleistani
illative kaliini kaleihini
adessive kalillani kaleillani
ablative kaliltani kaleiltani
allative kalilleni kaleilleni
essive kalinani kaleinani
translative kalikseni kaleikseni
instructive — —
abessive kalittani kaleittani
comitative — kaleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kalisi kalisi
accusative nom. kalisi kalisi
gen. kalisi
genitive kalisi kaliesi
partitive kaliasi kalejasi
inessive kalissasi kaleissasi
elative kalistasi kaleistasi
illative kaliisi kaleihisi
adessive kalillasi kaleillasi
ablative kaliltasi kaleiltasi
allative kalillesi kaleillesi
essive kalinasi kaleinasi
translative kaliksesi kaleiksesi
instructive — —
abessive kalittasi kaleittasi
comitative — kaleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kalimme kalimme
accusative nom. kalimme kalimme
gen. kalimme
genitive kalimme kaliemme
partitive kaliamme kalejamme
inessive kalissamme kaleissamme
elative kalistamme kaleistamme
illative kaliimme kaleihimme
adessive kalillamme kaleillamme
ablative kaliltamme kaleiltamme
allative kalillemme kaleillemme
essive kalinamme kaleinamme
translative kaliksemme kaleiksemme
instructive — —
abessive kalittamme kaleittamme
comitative — kaleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kalinne kalinne
accusative nom. kalinne kalinne
gen. kalinne
genitive kalinne kalienne
partitive kalianne kalejanne
inessive kalissanne kaleissanne
elative kalistanne kaleistanne
illative kaliinne kaleihinne
adessive kalillanne kaleillanne
ablative kaliltanne kaleiltanne
allative kalillenne kaleillenne
essive kalinanne kaleinanne
translative kaliksenne kaleiksenne
instructive — —
abessive kalittanne kaleittanne
comitative — kaleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kalinsa kalinsa
accusative nom. kalinsa kalinsa
gen. kalinsa
genitive kalinsa kaliensa
partitive kaliaan
kaliansa 		kalejaan
kalejansa
inessive kalissaan
kalissansa 		kaleissaan
kaleissansa
elative kalistaan
kalistansa 		kaleistaan
kaleistansa
illative kaliinsa kaleihinsa
adessive kalillaan
kalillansa 		kaleillaan
kaleillansa
ablative kaliltaan
kaliltansa 		kaleiltaan
kaleiltansa
allative kalilleen
kalillensa 		kaleilleen
kaleillensa
essive kalinaan
kalinansa 		kaleinaan
kaleinansa
translative kalikseen
kaliksensa 		kaleikseen
kaleiksensa
instructive — —
abessive kalittaan
kalittansa 		kaleittaan
kaleittansa
comitative — kaleineen
kaleinensa

Further reading Edit

Anagrams Edit

French Edit

Noun Edit

kali m (plural kalis)

  1. kali (plant)

Further reading Edit

Ilocano Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Verb Edit

kali (used in the form ikali)

  1. to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way)

Indonesian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Malay kali, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”). Doublet of kala.

  • Indonesian perkalian (“multiplication”) was only coined after independence, being cited for example in Poerwadarminta (1976) of which the first edition appeared in 1953, though not yet in Zain (1957).
  • Clipping of barangkali and sekali

Noun Edit

kali (first-person possessive kaliku, second-person possessive kalimu, third-person possessive kalinya)

  1. times
    Aku pergi ke sana dua kali sebulan.

Preposition Edit

kali

  1. (mathematics) times
    Dua kali tiga sama dengan enam. ― Two times three equals six.

Adverb Edit

kali

  1. Alternative spelling of barangkali (“perhaps, maybe, probably”)
  2. (Medan, slang) very
    Synonyms: amat, banget, sangat, sungguh

Usage notes Edit

When multiplication is not commutative, dikali may be preferred. Otherwise, kali and dikali are interchangable.

Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

Noun Edit

kali (plural kali-kali, first-person possessive kaliku, second-person possessive kalimu, third-person possessive kalinya)

  1. river
    Synonym: sungai
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun Edit

kali

  1. catfish
    Synonym: lele

Etymology 4 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun Edit

kali

  1. high official in South Sulawesi

Further reading Edit

Javanese Edit

Romanization Edit

kali

  1. Romanization of ꦏꦭꦶ

Latvian Edit

Verb Edit

kali

  1. second-person singular past indicative of kalt

Malay Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Proto-Malayic *kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Alternative forms Edit

Verb Edit

kali (used in the form mengali)

  1. Obsolete form of gali.
Synonyms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

 
kali

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali.

Noun Edit

kali (Jawi spelling کالي‎, plural kali-kali, informal 1st possessive kaliku, 2nd possessive kalimu, 3rd possessive kalinya)

  1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)
Synonyms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”). Doublet of kala.

Noun Edit

kali

  1. times

Verb Edit

kali

  1. to times, to multiply

Further reading Edit

Mauritian Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From Tamil கள்ளி (kaḷḷi).

Noun Edit

kali

  1. cactus

Naga Pidgin Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Assamese কালি (kali).

Adverb Edit

kali

  1. tomorrow

Related terms Edit

Ngiyambaa Edit

Noun Edit

kali

  1. (Waangaybuwan) water
    • 2001, Mood and Modality, →ISBN:
      ɡaliː-ŋinda-ɡila ŋiyanu balu-y-aɡa
      water-CARIT-HYPOTH we+PL+NOM die-CM-IRR
      we'll probably die for lack of water

Alternative forms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • Barry Alpher, Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004, →ISBN

Old Javanese Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

Noun Edit

kali

  1. river
  2. deep watercourse
  3. river-bed
  4. channel

Descendants Edit

  • Javanese: ꦏꦭꦶ (kali)
    • → Betawi: kali
    • → Indonesian: kali
    • → Malay: kali
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬮᬶ (kali)

Polish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

kali

  1. third-person singular present of kalić

Romani Edit

Adjective Edit

kali

  1. feminine singular of kalo

Serbo-Croatian Edit

Verb Edit

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

  1. inflection of káliti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Noun Edit

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

  1. nominative/vocative plural of kal

Sundanese Edit

Romanization Edit

kali

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮜᮤ

Swahili Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective Edit

-kali (declinable)

  1. sharp
  2. fierce
  3. acidic
  4. harsh, cruel
  5. savage
  6. intense
Declension Edit
Inflected forms of -kali
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mkali
m-mi class(III/IV) mkali mikali
ji-ma class(V/VI) kali makali
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kikali vikali
n class(IX/X) kali kali
u class(XI) mkali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pakali
ku class(XVII) kukali
mu class(XVIII) mukali

Etymology 2 Edit

Borrowed from English kalium.

Noun Edit

kali (n class, plural kali)

  1. potassium
    Synonym: potasiamu

Tagalog Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li
  • IPA(key): /kaˈli/, [kɐˈli]
  • IPA(key): /kaˈliʔ/, [kɐˈliʔ]

Noun Edit

kalí or kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

  1. rest; quietude; repose; quietude (usually used in the negative)
Derived terms Edit

Noun Edit

kalí

  1. (medicine, archaic) a boneache
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li
  • IPA(key): /kaˈliʔ/, [kɐˈliʔ]
  • IPA(key): /kaˈleʔ/, [kɐˈlɛʔ] (colloquial)

Adverb Edit

kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

  1. (Bataan) I wonder (placed after interrogative pronouns)
    Synonym: kaya

Etymology 3 Edit

Possibly a clipping of kalis.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈkali/, [ˈka.lɪ]

Noun Edit

kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

  1. kali (Philippine stick fighting)
    Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

Etymology 4 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈkali/, [ˈka.lɪ]

Noun Edit

kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

  1. (obsolete) excavation
  2. (obsolete) asking for the care of others
  3. canal

Further reading Edit

Tausug Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Verb Edit

kali (used in the form magkali)

  1. to dig

Vietnamese Edit

Chemical element
K
Previous: agon (Ar)
Next: canxi (Ca)

Etymology Edit

Ultimately from New Latin kalium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

kali

  1. potassium
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