different between kuai vs kuli

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin ? (kuài).

Noun

kuai (uncountable)

1. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat.

Translations

See also

• sashimi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin ? (kuài).

Alternative forms

• kwai

Noun

kuai (plural kuai)

1. (informal) yuan (Chinese unit of currency)

Anagrams

• Auki, Iuka

Mandarin

Romanization

kuai

1. Nonstandard spelling of ku?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ku?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kuài.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

English

Noun

kuli (plural kulis)

1. Archaic spelling of coolie.

Aiwoo

Etymology

Probably a Polynesian borrowing.

Noun

kuli

1. dog

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.

Atong (India)

Alternative forms

• khuli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

Verb

kuli- (Bengali script ????)

1. to open

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Czech

Noun

kuli m

1. coolie (unskilled Asian worker)

Declension

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

Noun

kuli

1. dog

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. 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.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’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.

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

kuli

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuli/, [?kuli]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: ku?li

Etymology 1

From Russian ???? (kul?).

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

Etymology 2

From Hindi ????? (qul?), Urdu ????.

Noun

kuli

1. coolie

Declension

Anagrams

• ilku, kilu, luki

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Austronesian *Culi.

Verb

kuli

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *turi, from Proto-Central Pacific *tur-i, from Proto-Oceanic *tur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduS.

Noun

kuli

1. knee

References

• “kuli” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kuli]
• Hyphenation: ku?li
• Rhymes: -li

Noun

kuli (plural kulik)

1. coolie

Declension

Derived terms

• kulizik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kuli, from Hindi ????? (qul?), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Turkic *k?le (“slave, servant”).

Other forms occur in Bengali [script needed] (kuli) and Tamil ???? (k?li, “daily hire”), which are possibly also influenced by Hindi ???? (kol?, “weaver; low-class”). The Chinese word ?? (k?lì), 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ku.li]
• Hyphenation: ku?li

Noun

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

1. laborer; coolie

   Synonyms: pekerja kasar, buruh kasar

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Noun

kuli

1. (anatomy) skin

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

kuli

1. head

Polish

Alternative forms

• (genitive plural of kula) kul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.l?i/

Verb

kuli

1. third-person plural virile past of ku?

Noun

kuli f

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

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kuli/
• Hyphenation: ku?li

Noun

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

1. coolie

Declension

Further reading

• kuli in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

Noun

kuli

1. skin

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.