kali
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali (uncountable)
- 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 […]
- Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
Etymology 2 Edit
Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali (uncountable)
- Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
Etymology 3 Edit
Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali (uncountable)
- 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.
Anagrams Edit
Anguthimri Edit
Noun Edit
kali
- (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
Bikol Central Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kalí
Derived terms Edit
Central Huasteca Nahuatl Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali
- building, house.
Dupaningan Agta Edit
Noun Edit
kali
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)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | |
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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
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali
Declension Edit
Inflection of kali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Further reading Edit
- "kali" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
French Edit
Noun Edit
kali m (plural kalis)
- kali (plant)
Further reading Edit
- “kali”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ilocano Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Verb Edit
kali (used in the form ikali)
- 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)
Preposition Edit
kali
- (mathematics) times
- Dua kali tiga sama dengan enam. ― Two times three equals six.
Adverb Edit
kali
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)
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
Etymology 4 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
kali
- high official in South Sulawesi
Further reading Edit
- “kali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese Edit
Romanization Edit
kali
- Romanization of ꦏꦭꦶ
Latvian Edit
Verb Edit
kali
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)
- Obsolete form of gali.
Synonyms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
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)
- river (large stream which drains a landmass)
Synonyms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”). Doublet of kala.
Noun Edit
kali
Verb Edit
kali
Further reading Edit
- “kali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mauritian Creole Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
kali
Naga Pidgin Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Assamese কালি (kali).
Adverb Edit
kali
Related terms Edit
Ngiyambaa Edit
Noun Edit
kali
- (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
- gali (Wayilwan)
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
Descendants Edit
Polish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
kali
Romani Edit
Adjective Edit
kali
Serbo-Croatian Edit
Verb Edit
kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)
- inflection of káliti:
Noun Edit
kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)
Sundanese Edit
Romanization Edit
kali
- Romanization of ᮊᮜᮤ
Swahili Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective Edit
-kali (declinable)
Declension Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
kali (n class, plural kali)
Tagalog Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kalí or kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)
Derived terms Edit
Noun Edit
kalí
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)
Etymology 3 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)
Etymology 4 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)
- (obsolete) excavation
- (obsolete) asking for the care of others
- canal
Further reading Edit
- “kali”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Tausug Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.
Verb Edit
kali (used in the form magkali)
- to dig
Vietnamese Edit
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Etymology Edit
Ultimately from New Latin kalium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ li˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic: ca li
Noun Edit
kali