kuali

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Adjective

kuali

1. good.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuali, from Tamil குவளை (kuvaḷai, “wide-mouthed vessel; cup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkua̯.li]
• Hyphenation: kua‧li

Noun

kuali (plural kuali-kuali, first-person possessive kualiku, second-person possessive kualimu, third-person possessive kualinya)

1. (cooking) cauldron.

   Synonyms: kaldron, belanga, panci

2. (cooking) frying pan.

   Synonyms: bajan, kancah, kawah, kenceng, penggorengan, sangan, wajan

Further reading

• “kuali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Karelian

Regional variants of kuali

North Karelian (Viena)	kuali
South Karelian (Tver)	kuali

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kaali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɑ̯lʲi/
• Hyphenation: kua‧li

Noun

kuali (genitive kualin, partitive kualie)

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) cabbage

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kuali (type 2/risti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuali	kualit
genitive	kualin	kualien
partitive	kualie	kualija
illative	kualih	kualiloih
inessive	kualissa	kualiloissa
elative	kualista	kualiloista
adessive	kualilla	kualiloilla
ablative	kualilta	kualiloilta
translative	kualiksi	kualiloiksi
essive	kualina	kualiloina
comitative	—	kualiloineh
abessive	kualitta	kualiloitta

Tver Karelian declension of kuali (type 2/risti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuali	kualit
genitive	kualin	kualiloin
partitive	kualie	kualiloida
illative	kualih	kualiloih
inessive	kualissa	kualiloissa
elative	kualista	kualiloista
adessive	kualilla	kualiloilla
ablative	kualilda	kualiloilda
translative	kualiksi	kualiloiksi
essive	kualina	kualiloina
comitative	kualinke	kualiloinke
abessive	kualitta	kualiloitta

Possessive forms of kuali
1st person	kualini
2nd person	kualis
3rd person	kualih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

Synonyms

• (North Karelian, dialectal) kapusta, (South Karelian) kapusta

References

• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “kuali”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “koali”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[1], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil குவளை (kuvaḷai, “wide-mouthed vessel; cup”).

Noun

kuali (Jawi spelling کوالي, plural kuali-kuali, informal 1st possessive kualiku, 2nd possessive kualimu, 3rd possessive kualinya)

1. wok
2. frying pan
3. cauldron

   Synonyms: kaldron, kawah, kancah, periuk

Further reading

• “kuali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ometepec Nahuatl

Adjective

kuali

1. good.