kali

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Kali turgidum

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

arnis

Wikipedia

Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kali (uncountable)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
- 2012 June 6, Nigel Slater (@NigelSlater), Twitter‎^[3]:
  A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali.

Anagrams

Lika, ilka, Kail, kail, kila, laik, Laki, Akil

Albanian

Noun

kali

definite nominative singular and indefinite dative/ablative singular of kalë

Anguthimri

Noun

kali

(Mpakwithi) hole

References

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

Betawi

Etymology

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

Noun

kali

river

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kalí (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

canal; ditch; trench; gutter
Synonym: saruro

Derived terms

kali-kali

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

kali

building, house.

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

kali

building, house.

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kali

kind of large bird

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Noun

kali f (plural kali's)

(Indonesia) river
- 1978, “Ajoen Ajoen”, in Anton Beuving (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), Weerzien met Indië‎^[4], performed by Wieteke van Dort:
  Ga niet baden daar in de kali / en ga niet trouwen daar in Pesapen / Laat je raden, m’n kleine Ali / wanneer ik jou met raad van dienst wil zijn / (...) / Want een kaaiman zit in de kali / en ook een kaaiman zit in Pesapen / ’t Is je schoonma, m′n kleine Ali / die erop loert dat jij getrouwd zal zijn
  Don't go bathing out there in the river / and don't get married out there in Pesapen / Take good counsel, my little Ali / when I wish to be of service to you with advice / (...) / Because there's a caiman in the river/ and there's also a caiman in Pesapen / It's your mother-in-law, my little Ali / who's lying in wait for you to have gotten married

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

kali (genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

kvass

Declension

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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

Etymology

From German Kali.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kali

Declension

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
accusative	gen.	kalin	kalit
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
abessive		kalitta	kaleitta
instructive		—	kalein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kalini	kalini
accusative	nom.	kalini	kalini
accusative	gen.	kalini	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
abessive		kalittani	kaleittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kaleineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kalisi	kalisi
accusative	nom.	kalisi	kalisi
accusative	gen.	kalisi	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
abessive		kalittasi	kaleittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kaleinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kalimme	kalimme
accusative	nom.	kalimme	kalimme
accusative	gen.	kalimme	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
abessive		kalittamme	kaleittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kaleinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kalinne	kalinne
accusative	nom.	kalinne	kalinne
accusative	gen.	kalinne	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
abessive		kalittanne	kaleittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kaleinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		kalinsa	kalinsa
accusative	nom.	kalinsa	kalinsa
accusative	gen.	kalinsa	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
abessive		kalittaan kalittansa	kaleittaan kaleittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	kaleineen kaleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

laki, lika

French

Noun

kali m (plural kalis)

kali (plant)

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/, [ˈkɐ.li]

Noun

kali

Niʻihau form of kohe (“vagina”)

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Verb

kali (used in the form ikali)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.li/
Rhymes: -li, -i
Hyphenation: ka‧li

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

time (instance or occurrence)
Aku berbelanja ke pasar tiga kali seminggu.
I shop at the market three times a week.

Preposition

kali

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

Adverb

kali

Clipping of barangkali (“perhaps, maybe, probably”)
(Medan, slang) very
Synonyms: amat, banget, sangat, sungguh

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

river
Synonym: sungai

Derived terms

kali mati

Etymology 3

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

Noun

kali

catfish
Synonym: lele

Etymology 4

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

Noun

kali

high official in South Sulawesi

Javanese

Romanization

kali

Romanization of ꦏꦭꦶ

Kashubian

Chemical element
K
Previous: ? (Ar)
Next: kalcéń (Ca)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kali.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: ka‧li

Noun

kali f

potash

Latvian

Verb

kali

second-person singular past indicative of kalt

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kali/
Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

gali

Verb

kali (used in the form mengali)

Obsolete form of gali.

Synonyms

korek

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

kali

times

Verb

kali

to times, to multiply

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Tamil கள்ளி (kaḷḷi).

Noun

kali

cactus

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese কালি (kali).

Adverb

kali

tomorrow

Related terms

aji

Ngiyambaa

Noun

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

gali (Wayilwan)

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Noun

kali

river
Synonyms: baṅawan, gaṅgā, gĕṅga, kali, kaweri, loh, lwah, nadī, prawāha, saraswat, sarit, sindhu, suṅe, suṅhe, suṅeṅ, suṅhay, suṅi
deep watercourse
river-bed
channel

Descendants

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

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: ka‧li

Verb

kali

third-person singular present of kalić

Romani

Adjective

kali

feminine singular of kalo

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

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

Noun

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

nominative/vocative plural of kal

Sundanese

Romanization

kali

Romanization of ᮊᮜᮤ

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

-kali (declinable)

Declension

Inflected forms of -kali

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class_(I/II)	mkali	wakali
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

Derived terms

makali
ukali

Etymology 2

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

kali

Wikipedia ^sw

Borrowed from English kalium.

Noun

kali (n class, plural kali)

potassium
Synonym: potasiamu

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈli/ [kɐˈli], /kaˈliʔ/ [kɐˈliʔ]
Rhymes: -i, -iʔ
Syllabification: ka‧li

Noun

kalí or kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ) (chiefly in the negative)

rest; quietude; repose; quietude

Alternative forms

kale — colloquial

Derived terms

Noun

kalí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ) (medicine, archaic)

boneache

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈliʔ/ [kɐˈliʔ], (colloquial) /kaˈleʔ/ [kɐˈlɛʔ]
Rhymes: -iʔ
Syllabification: ka‧li

Adverb

kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ) (Bataan)

I wonder (placed after interrogative pronouns)
Synonym: kaya

Etymology 3

Possibly a clipping of kalis.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkali/ [ˈkaː.lɪ]
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: ka‧li

Noun

kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

kali (Philippine stick fighting)
Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

Etymology 4

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkali/ [ˈkaː.lɪ]
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: ka‧li

Noun

kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ)

canal
(obsolete) excavation
(obsolete) asking for the care of others

Anagrams

laki, akli

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

Verb

kali (used in the form magkali)

to dig

Vietnamese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ li˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: ca li

Noun

kali

potassium

kali

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

Anguthimri

Noun

References

Betawi

Etymology

Noun

Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

Dutch

Etymology

Noun

Estonian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Noun

Further reading

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Noun

Ilocano

Etymology

Verb

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Preposition

Adverb

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

Kashubian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading