kali

See also: Kali, käli, kāli, kaḻi, and kāļi

English

Etymology 1

Arabic قِلْي‎ (qily). See alkali.

Noun

kali (uncountable)

  1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgida, formerly 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 […]

Etymology 2

Cebuano kamot +‎ lihok

Noun

kali (uncountable)

  1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

Anagrams

Betawi

Noun

kali

  1. river

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kali

  1. kind of large bird

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kalja. Possibly a pre-Balto-Slavic Indo-European loan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂al-ew-yo-.

Noun

kali (genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

  1. kvass

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑli

Noun

kali

  1. potassium
  2. potassium oxide

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
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 — kaleineen

Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

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

Verb

kali (used in the form ikali)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.li/

Noun

kali

  1. times
    Aku pergi ke sana dua kali sebulan.
    Tiga kali empat sama dengan dua belas.
  2. river

Latvian

Verb

kali

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form 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

Verb

kali (used in the form mengali)

  1. Obsolete form of gali.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

kali

Noun

kali

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

Etymology 3

Noun

kali

  1. times

Verb

kali

  1. to times, to multiply

Ngiyambaa

Noun

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

Further reading

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

Romani

Adjective

kali

  1. feminine singular of kalo

Sundanese

Verb

kali

  1. to dig

Swahili

Adjective

-kali (declinable)

  1. sharp
  2. fierce
  3. acidic
  4. harsh, cruel
  5. savage
  6. intense

Inflection

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • ca-li

Etymology

From Latin kalium, following the "'-um'-dropping" pattern in naming chemical elements

Pronunciation

Noun

kali

  1. potassium
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