kali

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See also: Kali, kalí, kálí, Kálí, käli, kāli, kaḻi, kāļi, and кали

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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

From Cebuano kamot +‎ lihok.

Noun

kali (uncountable)

  1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

Anagrams

Betawi

Noun

kali

  1. river

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

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Noun

kali

  1. building, house.

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

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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

Pronunciation

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
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
gen. 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
gen. 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
gen. 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
gen. 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
gen. 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

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

Noun

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

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

Latvian

Verb

kali

  1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular past indicative form of kalt

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

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

Noun

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

  1. nominative/vocative plural of kal

Sundanese

Verb

kali

  1. to dig

Swahili

Adjective

-kali (declinable)

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

Inflection

Inflected forms of -kali
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mkali
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

Vietnamese

Chemical element
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kali

  1. potassium
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