different between kali vs vali

English

Etymology 1

Arabic ?????? (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 […]

2. Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.

Etymology 2

Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.

Noun

kali (uncountable)

1. Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.

   Synonyms: arnis, eskrima

Etymology 3

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

Noun

kali (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

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

Anguthimri

Noun

kali

1. (Mpakwithi) hole

References

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

Betawi

Noun

kali

1. river

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Noun

kali

1. building, house.

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kali

1. kind of large bird

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

kali (genitive kalja, partitive kalja)

1. kvass

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?li/, [?k?li]
• Rhymes: -?li
• Syllabification: ka?li

Noun

kali

1. potassium
2. potassium oxide

Declension

Anagrams

• laki, lika

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.li/

Etymology 1

From Malay kali.

Noun

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.

Preposition

kali

1. (mathematics) times

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

From Javanese kali.

Noun

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

1. river

   Synonym: sungai

Etymology 3

From a particular dialect of Malay. clipping of sekali.

Adverb

kali

1. (Medan, slang) very

   Synonyms: amat, banget, sangat, sungguh

Etymology 4

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

Noun

kali

1. catfish

   Synonym: lele

Etymology 5

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

Noun

kali

1. high official in South Sulawesi

Further reading

• “kali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ???

Noun

kali (ngoko kali, krama lèpèn)

1. river

   Hyponyms: bangawan, kalèn

References

• "kali" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Latvian

Verb

kali

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of kalt

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• gali

Verb

kali (used in the form mengali)

1. Obsolete form of gali.

Synonyms

• korek

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

Synonyms

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

Etymology 3

Noun

kali

1. times

Verb

kali

1. to times, to multiply

Further reading

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Tamil ????? (ka??i)

Noun

kali

1. cactus

Ngiyambaa

Noun

kali

1. (Waangaybuwan) water
   • 2001, Mood and Modality ?ISBN:

     ?ali?-?inda-?ila ?iyanu balu-y-a?a

     water-CARIT-HYPOTH we+PL+NOM die-CM-IRR

     we'll probably die for lack of water

Alternative forms

• gali (Wayilwan)

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 ????)

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

Noun

kali (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. nominative/vocative plural of kal

Sundanese

Verb

kali

1. to dig

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-kali (declinable)

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

Inflection

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ka??? li??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ka??? l?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ka??? l?j??]
• Phonetic: ca li

Noun

kali

1. potassium

English

Etymology

From Turkish vali, from Arabic ?????? (w?lin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v???l??/

Noun

vali (plural valis)

1. Alternative form of wali

Anagrams

• LAIV, Vail, Vial, Vila, vail, vial, vila

Aiwoo

Verb

vali

1. to beat (to make noise; e.g. a drum)

References

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) , “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. 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.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vale

Etymology

From Latin vallis, vallem. Compare Romanian vale.

Noun

vali f (plural vãljuri, definite articulation valea)

1. valley

Synonyms

• clincã, trap

Derived terms

• vãlicã

Ido

Noun

vali

1. plural of valo

Italian

Verb

vali

1. second-person singular present indicative of valere
2. second-person singular imperative of valere

Anagrams

• lavi

Latvian

Noun

vali m

1. vocative singular form of valis
2. accusative singular form of valis
3. instrumental singular form of valis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

[vali] n

1. plural definite of val

Portuguese

Verb

vali

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of valer

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (w?l?).

Noun

vali (definite accusative valiyi, plural valiler)

1. governor

Declension