kali

definite nominative singular and indefinite dative/ablative singular of kalë


kali

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


kali

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


kali

Ga niet baden daar in de kali / 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 de kali / en ook een kaaiman zit in Pesapen / ’t Is je schoonma, m′n kleine Ali / die erop loert dat jij getrouwd zal zijn

1978, “Ajoen Ajoen”, in Anton Beuving (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), Weerzien met Indië, performed by Wieteke van Dort:

Don't go bathing out there in the river / 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 the river/ 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

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦭꦶ (kali), from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali.


kali

But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]

1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Volume 2:

Kali turgidum
Kali turgidum#Translingual

The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).

Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.


kali

Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.


kali

[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.

1928, Kenrayne (pseudonym), “Toffees and Twists”, in The Homestead (South Africa), page 27:

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.

2005, Christopher Upton, Living Back-to-back, page 152:

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

2012 June 6, Nigel Slater (@NigelSlater), Twitter:

A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.

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


kali

kalja (genitive)
kalja (partitive)
kali (nominative singular)
kaljad (nominative plural)
kalja (genitive singular)
kaljade (genitive plural)
kalja (partitive singular)
kaljasid (partitive plural)
kalju (partitive plural)
kaljasse (illative singular)
kalja (illative singular)
kaljadesse (illative plural)
kaljusse (illative plural)
kaljas (inessive singular)
kaljades (inessive plural)
kaljus (inessive plural)
kaljast (elative singular)
kaljadest (elative plural)
kaljust (elative plural)
kaljale (allative singular)
kaljadele (allative plural)
kaljule (allative plural)
kaljal (adessive singular)
kaljadel (adessive plural)
kaljul (adessive plural)
kaljalt (ablative singular)
kaljadelt (ablative plural)
kaljult (ablative plural)
kaljaks (singular translative)
kaljadeks (plural translative)
kaljuks (plural translative)
kaljani (singular terminative)
kaljadeni (plural terminative)
kaljana (essive singular)
kaljadena (essive plural)
kaljata (abessive singular)
kaljadeta (abessive plural)
kaljaga (comitative singular)
kaljadega (comitative plural)

et-decl-table

kali (type nali)

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


kali

kali (nominative singular)
kalit (nominative plural)
kali (accusative nominative singular)
kalit (accusative nominative plural)
kalin (accusative genitive singular)
kalit (accusative genitive plural)
kalin (genitive singular)
kalien (genitive plural)
kalia (partitive singular)
kaleja (partitive plural)
kalissa (inessive singular)
kaleissa (inessive plural)
kalista (elative singular)
kaleista (elative plural)
kaliin (illative singular)
kaleihin (illative plural)
kalilla (adessive singular)
kaleilla (adessive plural)
kalilta (ablative singular)
kaleilta (ablative plural)
kalille (allative singular)
kaleille (allative plural)
kalina (essive singular)
kaleina (essive plural)
kaliksi (singular translative)
kaleiksi (plural translative)
kalitta (abessive singular)
kaleitta (abessive plural)
kalein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kalini (nominative singular)
kalini (nominative plural)
kalini (accusative nominative singular)
kalini (accusative nominative plural)
kalini (accusative genitive singular)
kalini (accusative genitive plural)
kalini (genitive singular)
kalieni (genitive plural)
kaliani (partitive singular)
kalejani (partitive plural)
kalissani (inessive singular)
kaleissani (inessive plural)
kalistani (elative singular)
kaleistani (elative plural)
kaliini (illative singular)
kaleihini (illative plural)
kalillani (adessive singular)
kaleillani (adessive plural)
kaliltani (ablative singular)
kaleiltani (ablative plural)
kalilleni (allative singular)
kaleilleni (allative plural)
kalinani (essive singular)
kaleinani (essive plural)
kalikseni (singular translative)
kaleikseni (plural translative)
kalittani (abessive singular)
kaleittani (abessive plural)
kaleineni (comitative plural)
kalisi (nominative singular)
kalisi (nominative plural)
kalisi (accusative nominative singular)
kalisi (accusative nominative plural)
kalisi (accusative genitive singular)
kalisi (accusative genitive plural)
kalisi (genitive singular)
kaliesi (genitive plural)
kaliasi (partitive singular)
kalejasi (partitive plural)
kalissasi (inessive singular)
kaleissasi (inessive plural)
kalistasi (elative singular)
kaleistasi (elative plural)
kaliisi (illative singular)
kaleihisi (illative plural)
kalillasi (adessive singular)
kaleillasi (adessive plural)
kaliltasi (ablative singular)
kaleiltasi (ablative plural)
kalillesi (allative singular)
kaleillesi (allative plural)
kalinasi (essive singular)
kaleinasi (essive plural)
kaliksesi (singular translative)
kaleiksesi (plural translative)
kalittasi (abessive singular)
kaleittasi (abessive plural)
kaleinesi (comitative plural)
kalimme (nominative singular)
kalimme (nominative plural)
kalimme (accusative nominative singular)
kalimme (accusative nominative plural)
kalimme (accusative genitive singular)
kalimme (accusative genitive plural)
kalimme (genitive singular)
kaliemme (genitive plural)
kaliamme (partitive singular)
kalejamme (partitive plural)
kalissamme (inessive singular)
kaleissamme (inessive plural)
kalistamme (elative singular)
kaleistamme (elative plural)
kaliimme (illative singular)
kaleihimme (illative plural)
kalillamme (adessive singular)
kaleillamme (adessive plural)
kaliltamme (ablative singular)
kaleiltamme (ablative plural)
kalillemme (allative singular)
kaleillemme (allative plural)
kalinamme (essive singular)
kaleinamme (essive plural)
kaliksemme (singular translative)
kaleiksemme (plural translative)
kalittamme (abessive singular)
kaleittamme (abessive plural)
kaleinemme (comitative plural)
kalinne (nominative singular)
kalinne (nominative plural)
kalinne (accusative nominative singular)
kalinne (accusative nominative plural)
kalinne (accusative genitive singular)
kalinne (accusative genitive plural)
kalinne (genitive singular)
kalienne (genitive plural)
kalianne (partitive singular)
kalejanne (partitive plural)
kalissanne (inessive singular)
kaleissanne (inessive plural)
kalistanne (elative singular)
kaleistanne (elative plural)
kaliinne (illative singular)
kaleihinne (illative plural)
kalillanne (adessive singular)
kaleillanne (adessive plural)
kaliltanne (ablative singular)
kaleiltanne (ablative plural)
kalillenne (allative singular)
kaleillenne (allative plural)
kalinanne (essive singular)
kaleinanne (essive plural)
kaliksenne (singular translative)
kaleiksenne (plural translative)
kalittanne (abessive singular)
kaleittanne (abessive plural)
kaleinenne (comitative plural)
kalinsa (nominative singular)
kalinsa (nominative plural)
kalinsa (accusative nominative singular)
kalinsa (accusative nominative plural)
kalinsa (accusative genitive singular)
kalinsa (accusative genitive plural)
kalinsa (genitive singular)
kaliensa (genitive plural)
kaliaan (partitive singular)
kaliansa (partitive singular)
kalejaan (partitive plural)
kalejansa (partitive plural)
kalissaan (inessive singular)
kalissansa (inessive singular)
kaleissaan (inessive plural)
kaleissansa (inessive plural)
kalistaan (elative singular)
kalistansa (elative singular)
kaleistaan (elative plural)
kaleistansa (elative plural)
kaliinsa (illative singular)
kaleihinsa (illative plural)
kalillaan (adessive singular)
kalillansa (adessive singular)
kaleillaan (adessive plural)
kaleillansa (adessive plural)
kaliltaan (ablative singular)
kaliltansa (ablative singular)
kaleiltaan (ablative plural)
kaleiltansa (ablative plural)
kalilleen (allative singular)
kalillensa (allative singular)
kaleilleen (allative plural)
kaleillensa (allative plural)
kalinaan (essive singular)
kalinansa (essive singular)
kaleinaan (essive plural)
kaleinansa (essive plural)
kalikseen (singular translative)
kaliksensa (singular translative)
kaleikseen (plural translative)
kaleiksensa (plural translative)
kalittaan (abessive singular)
kalittansa (abessive singular)
kaleittaan (abessive plural)
kaleittansa (abessive plural)
kaleineen (comitative plural)
kaleinensa (comitative plural)


kali

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

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


kali

Aku berbelanja ke pasar tiga kali seminggu.

I shop at the market three times a week.

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


kali

Dua kali tiga sama dengan enam.


kali

Clipping of barangkali (“perhaps, maybe, probably”)


kali

second-person singular past indicative of kalt


kali

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


kali

river (large stream which drains a landmass)

ms-noun

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

کالي (Jawi)
kali-kali (plural)
kaliku (first-person informal possessive)
kalimu (possessive second-person)
kalinya (possessive third-person)

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


kali

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


kali

ɡaliː-ŋinda-ɡila ŋiyanu balu-y-aɡa


kali

desctree

Javanese: ꦏꦭꦶ (kali)
→ Betawi: kali
→ Dutch: kali
→ Indonesian: kali
→ Malay: kali

→ Balinese: ᬓᬮᬶ (kali)

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


kali

Palikur: kariy (kaɣij)

Moxo-Terêna:

Tereno: aturukoré

Ignaciano: kakiure

Kampa:

Machiguenga: inkáare

Proto-Ta-Arawak:

Taíno: *xara

→ Spanish: xara-

Wapixaná-Baré:

Wapishana: [Term?] (kʰariʃii)

Proto-Nawiki: *kalitsa
Yucuna: kaeja, kaesa
Eastern Nawiki:
Curripaco: kálita (kaːlita), kalita
Tariana: kalísanai
Piapoko: kalisa


kali

Philippine

Batanic

Yami: kali

Ibatan: kadi

Northern Luzon

Ilocano: káli

Northeastern Luzon

Dupaningan Agta: kali

Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kale

Meso-Cordilleran

Central Cordilleran

Kankanaey: kelí

Northern Kankanay: kali

Southern Cordilleran

Pangasinan: kalí

Keley-I Kallahan: kalih

Central Luzon

Bolinao: kali

Abenlen Ayta: kali

Mag-Anchi Ayta: kali

Greater Central Philippine

Central Phillipine

Tagalog: kali

Visayan

Hiligaynon: káli

Tausug: kali'

Mansakan

Mansaka: kari

Tagakaulu Kalagan: kali'

South Mangyan

Hanunoo: kali

Danao

Maranao: kali

Subanen

Central Subanen: ali

Manobo

Ata Manobo: kali

Obo Manobo: kali

Agusan Manobo: kali

Cotabato Manobo: kali

Western Bukidnon Manobo: káli

Palawanic

Brooke's Point Palawano: kali

Central Palawano: kali

Aborlan Tagbanwa: kali

Central Tagbanwa: kali

Gorontalo–Mongondow

Mongondow: kali

Kalamian

Agutaynen: ali

Calamian Tagbanwa: ali

Minahasan

Tontemboan: kali

Greater Barito

Sama–Bajaw

Central Sama: kali

Southern Sama: kali

Mapun: kali

Yakan: kali

East Barito

Malagasy: hady

North Bornean

Northeast Sabahan

Ida'an: koli

Bonggi: kali

Southwest Sabahan

Dusunic

Rungus: kali

Northeast Sumatra–Barrier Islands

Batak

Karo Batak: kali

Toba Batak: hali

Malayo-Sumbawan

Malayic

Iban: kali

Malay: gali
Indonesian: gali
North Moluccan Malay: gale

Urak Lawoi': กาลี (kali)

Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa

Sasak: kaliq

Sumbawa: kali

Sundanese: ᮊᮜᮤ (kali)

South Sulawesi

Tae': kali

Duri: kali

Celebic

Muna–Buton

Muna: seli

Central Malayo-Polynesian

Sumba–Flores

Western Flores

Manggarai: hali

Palu'e: kali

Sumba–Hawu

Dhao: kai

Flores–Lembata

Sika: gali

Kei–Tanimbar

Yamdena: n-kal

Fordata: kali

Timoric

Helong: gali

Uab Meto: hani

Aru

West Tarangan: kel

Central Maluku

Buru (Indonesia): kalik

Chamorro: hali

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Halmahera–Cenderawasih

As: kail

Proto-Oceanic: *kali, *keli

Western Oceanic

North New Guinea

Bebeli: kel

Sengseng: kel

Papuan Tip

Saliba (New Guinea): keli

Central–Eastern Oceanic

Southern Oceanic

Tiale: eli

Amblong: el

Central Pacific

Proto-Polynesian: *kali, *keli

Tongic

Tongan: keli

Niuean: keli

Nuclear Polynesian

Samoic

Samoan: eli

Tokelauan: keli

Eastern Polynesian

Marquesic

Hawaiian: ʻeli, ʻali

Mangarevan: keri, kari

North Marquesan: keʻi, kaʻi

Tahitic

Maori: keri, kari

Rarotongan: keri

Rapa Nui: keri

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.


kali

Philippine

Northern Luzon

Ilocano: kali

Keley-I Kallahan: kalih

Central Philippine

Bikol Central: kali

Masbatenyo: kali

East Barito

Malagasy: hady

Old Javanese: kali

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kali.


kali

inflection of káliti:
third-person singular present

inflection of káliti:
second-person singular imperative


kali

-kali (canonical)
mkali (singular)
wakali (plural)
mikali (plural)
kali (singular)
makali (plural)
kikali (singular)
vikali (plural)
kali (plural)
pakali (singular)
kukali (singular)
mukali (singular)


kali

kali class IX (canonical)
kali class X (plural)


kali

kalí (canonical)
kalî (canonical)
ᜃᜎᜒ (Baybayin)


kali

I wonder (placed after interrogative pronouns)


kali

(obsolete) asking for the care of others


kali

[kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]

[kaː˧˧ lɪj˧˧]

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