กาลี

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กาลี k ā l ī
Phonemic		กา-ลี k ā – l ī
Romanization	Paiboon	gaa-lii
	Royal Institute	ka-li
(standard) IPA(key)		/kaː˧.liː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pali kali (“bad luck; sin; distress”).

Alternative forms

• กลี (glii)

 

Adjective

กาลี • (gaa-lii)

1. (derogatory, offensive) wicked, evil, ill, bad; unfortunate, inauspicious, unfavourable, unwholesome.

Synonyms

• See อัปมงคล (àp-bpà-mong-kon).

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काली (kālī, literally “dark(-skinned) woman”). Cognate with Lao ກາລີ (kā lī).

Proper noun

กาลี • (gaa-lii)

1. (Hinduism) Kālī, a terrific form of the goddess Durgā.

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih (“to dig up, excavate”). Cognate with Malay gali, Ilocano kali, Malagasy hady.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kali/, [kaˈli]

Verb

กาลี (kali)

1. to dig

Further reading

• Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎^[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN