kali

Arabic قِلْي‎ (qily). See alkali.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæli/, /ˈkeɪli/

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kali (uncountable)

1. The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of 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 […]

2. Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.

Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːli/

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kali (uncountable)

1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

   Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪli/

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kali (uncountable)

1. A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
   • 1928, Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, in The Homestead (South Africa)‎, page 27:

     [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, page 152:

     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:

     A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali.

• Kail, Laki, Lika, ilka, kail, kila, laik

kali

1. (Mpakwithi) hole

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

kali

1. river

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

• Hyphenation: ka‧li
• IPA^(key): /kaˈli/

kalí

1. canal; ditch; trench; gutter

   Synonym: saruro

kali

1. building, house.

kali

1. kind of large bird

From Proto-Finnic *kalja. Possibly a pre-Balto-Slavic Indo-European loan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂al-ew-yo-.

kali (genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

1. kvass

From German Kali.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑli/, [ˈkɑli]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧li

kali

1. potassium
2. potassium oxide

• laki, lika

kali m (plural kalis)

1. kali (plant)

• “kali”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

kali (used in the form ikali)

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.li/
• Rhymes: -li, -i
• Hyphenation: ka‧li

From Malay kali, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”). Doublet of kala.

• Indonesian perkalian (“multiplication”) was only coined after independence, being cited for example in Poerwadarminta (1976) of which the first edition appeared in 1953, though not yet in Zain (1957).
• Clipping of barangkali and sekali

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

1. times

   Aku pergi ke sana dua kali sebulan.

   • I go there twice a month.

kali

1. (mathematics) times

   Dua kali tiga sama dengan enam. ― Two times three equals six.

kali

1. Alternative spelling of barangkali (“perhaps, maybe, probably”)
2. (Medan, slang) very

   Synonyms: amat, banget, sangat, sungguh

When multiplication is not commutative, dikali may be preferred. Otherwise, kali and dikali are interchangable.

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

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

1. river

   Synonym: sungai

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kali

1. catfish

   Synonym: lele

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kali

1. high official in South Sulawesi

• “kali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

kali

1. Romanization of ꦏꦭꦶ

kali

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of kalt

• IPA^(key): /kali/
• Rhymes: -ali, -li, -i

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

• gali

kali (used in the form mengali)

1. Obsolete form of gali.

• korek

kali

From Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali.

kali (Jawi spelling کالي‎, plural kali-kali, informal 1st possessive kaliku, 2nd possessive kalimu, 3rd possessive kalinya)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

• alir
• alur
• batang
• bengawan
• ci
• sungai
• wai

From Sanskrit काल (kāla, “time”). Doublet of kala.

kali

1. times

kali

1. to times, to multiply

• “kali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Tamil கள்ளி (kaḷḷi).

kali

1. cactus

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

• gali (Wayilwan)

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali. Compare to Malay gali ~ kali (“to dug”).

kali

1. river
2. deep watercourse
3. river-bed
4. channel

• Javanese: ꦏꦭꦶ (kali)
  • → Betawi: kali
  • → Indonesian: kali
  • → Malay: kali
• → Balinese: ᬓᬮᬶ (kali)

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.li/

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• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: ka‧li

kali

1. third-person singular present of kalić

kali

1. feminine singular of kalo

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

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

kali (Cyrillic spelling кали)

1. nominative/vocative plural of kal

kali

1. Romanization of ᮊᮜᮤ

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-kali (declinable)

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

• Hyphenation: ka‧li
• IPA^(key): /kaˈli/, [kɐˈli]
• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʔ/, [kɐˈliʔ]

kalí or kalî

1. rest; quietude; repose; quietude (usually used in the negative)

kalí

1. (medicine, archaic) a boneache

• Hyphenation: ka‧li
• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʔ/, [kɐˈliʔ]
• IPA^(key): /kaˈleʔ/, [kɐˈleʔ] (colloquial)

kalî

1. (Bataan) I wonder (placed after interrogative pronouns)

   Synonym: kaya

Possibly a clipping of kalis.

• Hyphenation: ka‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈkali/, [ˈka.lɪ]

kali

1. kali (Philippine stick fighting)

   Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

• Hyphenation: ka‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈkali/, [ˈka.lɪ]

kali

1. (archaic) excavation
2. (archaic) asking for the care of others
3. canal

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.

kali (used in the form magkali)

1. to dig

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ li˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic: ca li

kali

1. potassium