FromArabic قِلْي ( qily ) . Seealkali .
kali (uncountable )
Theprickly glasswort (Kali turgidum , syn. ofSalsola kali ).1765 , Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke,The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2 :But thekali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[ …]
Alkali , particularlysoda ash orpotash .Uncertain; seearnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.
kali (uncountable )
TraditionalPhilippine stick fighting, amartial art .Synonyms: arnis ,eskrima Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).
kali (uncountable )
A type of British crystallinesweet orcandy , similar in appearance tosherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.1928 , Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, inThe Homestead (South Africa) [1] , page27 :[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] , page152 :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 ofKali .
kali
definite nominative singular andindefinite dative / ablative singular ofkalë kali
ditch ;trench kali
( Mpakwithi ) hole Terry Crowley,The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186 FromJavanese ꦏꦭꦶ ( kali ) , fromOld Javanese kali , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali . Compare toMalay gali ~kali ( “ to dug ” ) .
kali
river Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali , fromProto-Austronesian *kalih .
IPA (key ) : /kaˈli/ [kaˈl̪i] Hyphenation:ka‧li kalí (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )
canal ;ditch ;trench ;gutter Synonym: saruro Central Huasteca Nahuatl [ edit ] This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
kali
building , house.This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
kali
building , house.kali
kind oflarge bird Borrowed fromJavanese ꦏꦭꦶ ( kali ) , fromOld Javanese kali , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali .
kali f (plural kali's ,nodiminutive )
( Indonesia ) river 1978 , “Ajoen Ajoen”, inAnton Beuving (lyrics),Harry Bannink (music),Weerzien met Indië [4] , performed byWieteke van Dort :Ga niet baden daar in dekali / 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 dekali / 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 theriver / 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 theriver / 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 FromProto-Finnic *kalja . Possibly a pre-Balto-Slavic Indo-European loan, fromProto-Indo-European *h₂al-ew-yo- .
kali (genitive kalja ,partitive kalja )
kvass Declension of kali (type
nali )
FromGerman Kali .
IPA (key ) : /ˈkɑli/ ,[ˈkɑ̝li] Rhymes:-ɑli Syllabification(key ) :ka‧li Hyphenation(key ) :ka‧li kali
potassium potassium oxide kali m (plural kalis )
kali ( plant ) FromProto-Oceanic *tari (compare withMaori tari ~tatari “to wait”;Rarotongan tari ;Tongan tali ; andSamoan tali ).[ 1]
kali ( intransitive )
towait toloiter tohesitate (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
kali
Niʻihau form ofkohe ( “ vagina ” ) ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2016 ),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN , pages484-5 FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali , fromProto-Austronesian *kalih .
kali (used in the form ikali )
todig ( to move hard-packed earth out of the way ) FromMalay kali , fromSanskrit काल ( kāla ,“ time ” ) .Doublet ofkala .
kali (plural kali )
time ( instance or occurrence ) Aku berbelanja ke pasar tigakali seminggu. I shop at the market threetimes a week. kali
( mathematics ) times Duakali tiga sama dengan enam. ―Twotimes three equals six. kali
clipping ofbarangkali ( “ perhaps ,maybe ,probably ” ) ( Medan , slang ) very Synonyms: amat ,banget ,sangat ,sekali ,sungguh When multiplication is notcommutative ,dikali may be preferred. Otherwise,kali anddikali are interchangeable.
FromJavanese ꦏꦭꦶ ( kali ) , fromOld Javanese kali , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali . Compare toMalay gali ~kali ( “ to dug ” ) .
kali (plural kali -kali )
synonym ofsungai ( “ river ” ) CompareMalay keli .
kali (plural kali -kali )
( dialectal or rare ) synonym oflele ( “ catfish ” ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
kali (plural kali -kali )
a highofficial , inSouth Sulawesi kali
romanization ofꦏꦭꦶ Borrowed fromGerman Kali .
IPA (key ) : /ˈka.li/ Rhymes:-ali Syllabification:ka‧li kali f
potash Jan Trepczyk (1994 ), “potas”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2 kali
second-person singular past indicative ofkalt Inherited fromProto-Malayic *kali , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali , fromProto-Austronesian *kalih .
kali (Jawi spelling کالي )
obsolete form ofgali Synonym: korek kali Borrowed fromJavanese ꦏꦭꦶ ( kali ) , fromOld Javanese kali .
kali (Jawi spelling کالي ,plural kali -kali or kali 2 )
river ( large stream which drains a landmass ) Synonyms: alir ,alur ,batang ,bengawan ,ci ,sungai ,wai FromSanskrit काल ( kāla ,“ time ” ) .Doublet ofkala .
kali (Jawi spelling کالي ,plural kali -kali or kali 2 )
time (instance or occurrence)Berapakali awak pernah melancong ke Sandakan? How manytimes have you been to Sandakan? kali (Jawi spelling کالي )
( mathematics ) times Duakali empat sama dengan lapan. ―Twotimes four is equals to eight. kali (Jawi spelling کالي )
( mathematics ) totimes , tomultiply > Indonesian:kali ( inherited ) FromTamil கள்ளி ( kaḷḷi ) .
kali
cactus Inherited fromAssamese কালি ( kali ) .
kali
tomorrow kali
( Waangaybuwan ) water 2001 ,Mood and Modality ,→ISBN :ɡaliː -ŋinda-ɡila ŋiyanu balu-y-aɡawater -CARIT-HYPOTH we+PL+NOM die-CM-IRRwe'll probably die for lack ofwater Barry Alpher,Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma , in Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch,Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004,→ISBN FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali . Compare toMalay gali ~kali ( “ to dig ” ) .
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 "kali" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. IPA (key ) : /ˈka.li/ Rhymes:-ali Syllabification:ka‧li kali
third-person singular present ofkalić kali
feminine singular ofkalo kali (Cyrillic spelling кали )
inflection ofkáliti : third-person singular present second-person singular imperative kali (Cyrillic spelling кали )
nominative / vocative plural ofkal FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali ( “ to dug ” ) .
kali (Sundanese script ᮊᮜᮤ )
todig Inherited fromProto-Bantu [Term?] .
-kali (declinable )
sharp fierce acidic harsh ,cruel savage intense Borrowed fromEnglish kalium .
kali classIX (plural kali classX )
potassium Synonym: potasiamu kalí or kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )( chiefly in the negative )
rest ;quietude ;repose ;quietude kalí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )( medicine , archaic )
boneache kalî (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )( Bataan )
I wonder ( placed after interrogative pronouns ) Synonym: kaya Possibly aclipping ofkalis .
kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )
kali ( Philippine stick fighting ) Synonyms: arnis ,eskrima FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali .
kali (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒ )
canal ( obsolete ) excavation ( obsolete ) asking for the care of others“kali ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 . FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali .
kali (used in the form magkali )
todig Ultimately fromNew Latin kalium , with thesuffix -um removed as with mostchemical element s.
kali
potassium