kuli

See also: Kuli, kúli, and kulī

English

Noun

kuli (plural kulis)

1. Archaic spelling of coolie.

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Aiwoo

Etymology

Probably a Polynesian borrowing.

Noun

kuli

1. dog

References

• . Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Czech

Noun

1. coolie (unskilled Asian worker)

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Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

Noun

kuli

1. dog

References

• Template:cite. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Template:cite. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC.

Noun

kuli

1. skin (outer covering of the body of a person)

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Finnish

Etymology 1

From Russian куль (kulʹ).

Noun

kuli

1. (historical) an old Russian unit of weight, used for grain and equal to 9 poods or around 147.42 kilograms

   Synonyms: matto, jauhomatto

Declension

Inflection of kuli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kuli	kulit
genitive		kulin	kulien
partitive		kulia	kuleja
illative		kuliin	kuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kuli	kulit
accusative	nom.	kuli	kulit
	gen.	kulin
genitive		kulin	kulien
partitive		kulia	kuleja
inessive		kulissa	kuleissa
elative		kulista	kuleista
illative		kuliin	kuleihin
adessive		kulilla	kuleilla
ablative		kulilta	kuleilta
allative		kulille	kuleille
essive		kulina	kuleina
translative		kuliksi	kuleiksi
abessive		kulitta	kuleitta
instructive		—	kulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kulini kulini accusative nom. kulini kulini gen. kulini genitive kulini kulieni partitive kuliani kulejani inessive kulissani kuleissani elative kulistani kuleistani illative kuliini kuleihini adessive kulillani kuleillani ablative kuliltani kuleiltani allative kulilleni kuleilleni essive kulinani kuleinani translative kulikseni kuleikseni abessive kulittani kuleittani instructive — — comitative — kuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kulisi kulisi accusative nom. kulisi kulisi gen. kulisi genitive kulisi kuliesi partitive kuliasi kulejasi inessive kulissasi kuleissasi elative kulistasi kuleistasi illative kuliisi kuleihisi adessive kulillasi kuleillasi ablative kuliltasi kuleiltasi allative kulillesi kuleillesi essive kulinasi kuleinasi translative kuliksesi kuleiksesi abessive kulittasi kuleittasi instructive — — comitative — kuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kulimme kulimme accusative nom. kulimme kulimme gen. kulimme genitive kulimme kuliemme partitive kuliamme kulejamme inessive kulissamme kuleissamme elative kulistamme kuleistamme illative kuliimme kuleihimme adessive kulillamme kuleillamme ablative kuliltamme kuleiltamme allative kulillemme kuleillemme essive kulinamme kuleinamme translative kuliksemme kuleiksemme abessive kulittamme kuleittamme instructive — — comitative — kuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kulinne kulinne accusative nom. kulinne kulinne gen. kulinne genitive kulinne kulienne partitive kulianne kulejanne inessive kulissanne kuleissanne elative kulistanne kuleistanne illative kuliinne kuleihinne adessive kulillanne kuleillanne ablative kuliltanne kuleiltanne allative kulillenne kuleillenne essive kulinanne kuleinanne translative kuliksenne kuleiksenne abessive kulittanne kuleittanne instructive — — comitative — kuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kulinsa kulinsa accusative nom. kulinsa kulinsa gen. kulinsa genitive kulinsa kuliensa partitive kuliaan kuliansa kulejaan kulejansa inessive kulissaan kulissansa kuleissaan kuleissansa elative kulistaan kulistansa kuleistaan kuleistansa illative kuliinsa kuleihinsa adessive kulillaan kulillansa kuleillaan kuleillansa ablative kuliltaan kuliltansa kuleiltaan kuleiltansa allative kulilleen kulillensa kuleilleen kuleillensa essive kulinaan kulinansa kuleinaan kuleinansa translative kulikseen kuliksensa kuleikseen kuleiksensa abessive kulittaan kulittansa kuleittaan kuleittansa instructive — — comitative — kuleineen kuleinensa

Etymology 2

From Hindi क़ुली (qulī), Urdu قلی‎.

Noun

kuli

1. coolie

Declension

Inflection of kuli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kuli	kulit
genitive		kulin	kulien
partitive		kulia	kuleja
illative		kuliin	kuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kuli	kulit
accusative	nom.	kuli	kulit
	gen.	kulin
genitive		kulin	kulien
partitive		kulia	kuleja
inessive		kulissa	kuleissa
elative		kulista	kuleista
illative		kuliin	kuleihin
adessive		kulilla	kuleilla
ablative		kulilta	kuleilta
allative		kulille	kuleille
essive		kulina	kuleina
translative		kuliksi	kuleiksi
abessive		kulitta	kuleitta
instructive		—	kulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kulini kulini accusative nom. kulini kulini gen. kulini genitive kulini kulieni partitive kuliani kulejani inessive kulissani kuleissani elative kulistani kuleistani illative kuliini kuleihini adessive kulillani kuleillani ablative kuliltani kuleiltani allative kulilleni kuleilleni essive kulinani kuleinani translative kulikseni kuleikseni abessive kulittani kuleittani instructive — — comitative — kuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kulisi kulisi accusative nom. kulisi kulisi gen. kulisi genitive kulisi kuliesi partitive kuliasi kulejasi inessive kulissasi kuleissasi elative kulistasi kuleistasi illative kuliisi kuleihisi adessive kulillasi kuleillasi ablative kuliltasi kuleiltasi allative kulillesi kuleillesi essive kulinasi kuleinasi translative kuliksesi kuleiksesi abessive kulittasi kuleittasi instructive — — comitative — kuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kulimme kulimme accusative nom. kulimme kulimme gen. kulimme genitive kulimme kuliemme partitive kuliamme kulejamme inessive kulissamme kuleissamme elative kulistamme kuleistamme illative kuliimme kuleihimme adessive kulillamme kuleillamme ablative kuliltamme kuleiltamme allative kulillemme kuleillemme essive kulinamme kuleinamme translative kuliksemme kuleiksemme abessive kulittamme kuleittamme instructive — — comitative — kuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kulinne kulinne accusative nom. kulinne kulinne gen. kulinne genitive kulinne kulienne partitive kulianne kulejanne inessive kulissanne kuleissanne elative kulistanne kuleistanne illative kuliinne kuleihinne adessive kulillanne kuleillanne ablative kuliltanne kuleiltanne allative kulillenne kuleillenne essive kulinanne kuleinanne translative kuliksenne kuleiksenne abessive kulittanne kuleittanne instructive — — comitative — kuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kulinsa kulinsa accusative nom. kulinsa kulinsa gen. kulinsa genitive kulinsa kuliensa partitive kuliaan kuliansa kulejaan kulejansa inessive kulissaan kulissansa kuleissaan kuleissansa elative kulistaan kulistansa kuleistaan kuleistansa illative kuliinsa kuleihinsa adessive kulillaan kulillansa kuleillaan kuleillansa ablative kuliltaan kuliltansa kuleiltaan kuleiltansa allative kulilleen kulillensa kuleilleen kuleillensa essive kulinaan kulinansa kuleinaan kuleinansa translative kulikseen kuliksensa kuleikseen kuleiksensa abessive kulittaan kulittansa kuleittaan kuleittansa instructive — — comitative — kuleineen kuleinensa

Anagrams

• ilku, kilu, luki

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli (compare Maori turi, Fijian tuli, Indonesian tuli).

Verb

1. (stative) to be deaf (not hearing)

Noun

1. knee

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuli]
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

Noun

kuli (plural kulik)

1. coolie

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuli	kulik
accusative	kulit	kulikat
dative	kulinak	kuliknak
instrumental	kulival	kulikkal
causal-final	kuliért	kulikért
translative	kulivá	kulikká
terminative	kuliig	kulikig
essive-formal	kuliként	kulikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kuliban	kulikban
superessive	kulin	kulikon
adessive	kulinál	kuliknál
illative	kuliba	kulikba
sublative	kulira	kulikra
allative	kulihoz	kulikhoz
elative	kuliból	kulikból
delative	kuliról	kulikról
ablative	kulitól	kuliktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kulié	kuliké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kuliéi	kulikéi

Possessive forms of kuli
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kulim	kulijaim
2nd person sing.	kulid	kulijaid
3rd person sing.	kulija	kulijai
1st person plural	kulink	kulijaink
2nd person plural	kulitok	kulijaitok
3rd person plural	kulijuk	kulijaik

Derived terms

• kulizik

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuli, from Hindi क़ुली (qulī), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kȫle (“slave, servant”).

Other forms occur in Bengali [script needed] (kuli) and Tamil கூலி (kūli, “daily hire”). Possibly also influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi कोली (kolī, “weaver; low-class”).

The (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), meaning "to exert one's abilities; heavy labour work" in Classical Chinese, may have been influenced by cognates of the above Hindi word in other languages and may have further influenced English.

Noun

kuli (first-person possessive kuliku, second-person possessive kulimu, third-person possessive kulinya)

1. laborer; coolie
   • 2019 February 20, “Pernah Jadi Kuli Bangunan, Wisanggeni Kini Tekuni Melukis [Once a Construction Laborer, Wisangenni Now Draws Diligently]”, in Suara Merdeka‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 Sept 2019:

     Ia menambahkan pernah juga bekerja sebagai kuli bangunan, buruh pabrik di Solo, pernah juga bekerja di warung makan.

     He adds that he had once worked as a construction laborer, a factory worker at Solo, and had also worked at a food stall.

   Synonyms: pekerja kasar, buruh kasar

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berkuli [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• menguli [agent focus] (meN-)
• kulian [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)

Further reading

• “kuli” 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.

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Lindu

Noun

kuli

1. (anatomy) skin

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Polish

Alternative forms

• (genitive plural of kula) kul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.li/

Verb

kuli

1. third-person plural virile past of kuć

Noun

kuli f

1. inflection of kula:
   1. genitive/dative/locative singular
   2. genitive plural

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Slovak

Etymology

From Hindi क़ुली (qulī) / Urdu قلی (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

Noun

kuli m (genitive singular kuliho, nominative plural kuliovia, genitive plural kuliov, declension pattern of kuli)

1. coolie

Declension

Declension of kuli

	singular	plural
nominative	kuli	kuliovia
genitive	kuliho	kuliov
dative	kulimu	kuliom
accusative	kuliho	kuliov
locative	kulim	kulioch
instrumental	kulim	kuliami

Further reading

• “kuli”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024