kuli

kuli (plural kulis)

1. Archaic spelling of coolie.

• kuli-kuli (etymologically unrelated)

Probably a Polynesian borrowing.

kuli

1. dog

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

• khuli

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

kuli- (Bengali script কুলি)

1. to open

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

• IPA^(key): /kuˈliʔ/, [kʊˈl̪iʔ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

kulî (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒ)

1. to be senile

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuliʔ/, [ˈku.l̪ɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

kulì (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒ)

1. having a hard time due to some obstacle
2. reluctant

kulì (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒ)

1. reluctantly
2. seldom; rarely

kulì (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒ)

1. to have a hard time doing something

• IPA^(key): [ˈkulɪ]

kuli m anim

1. coolie (unskilled Asian worker)

• kuli in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kuli in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kuli in Internetová jazyková příručka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuli

1. animate masculine plural past active participle of kout

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

kuli

1. dog

• 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: "ⁿDe’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.

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

kuli

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

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

From Russian куль (kulʹ).

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

From Hindi क़ुली (qulī), Urdu قلی.

kuli

1. coolie

• “kuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• ilku, kilu, luki

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

kuli

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

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

kuli

1. (anatomy) knee

• kukuli

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kuli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuli]
• Hyphenation: ku‧li
• Rhymes: -li

kuli (plural kulik)

1. coolie

• (coolie): kuli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ([regional] inward-turning [horn or cattle with such horn]): kuli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Malay kuli, from Hindi क़ुली (qulī), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”).

Other forms occur in Bengali কুলি (kuli) and Tamil கூலி (kūli, “daily hire”), which are possibly also influenced by Hindi कोली (kolī, “weaver; low-class”). The Chinese word 苦力 (kǔlì), 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.

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

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

1. laborer; coolie

   Synonyms: pekerja kasar, buruh kasar

   • 2019 February 20, “Pernah Jadi Kuli Bangunan, Wisanggeni Kini Tekuni Melukis [Once a Construction Laborer, Wisangenni Now Draws Diligently]”, in Suara Merdeka‎, archived from the original on 6 September 2019:

     Ia menambahkan pernah juga bekerja sebagai kuli bangunan, buruh pabrik di Solo, pernah juga bekerja di warung makan.

     He adds that he had once worked as a construction laborer, a factory worker at Solo, and had also worked at a food stall.

• “kuli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian куль (kulʹ). Doublet of kulja.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/, [ˈkulʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/, [ˈkuli]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

kuli

1. bast sack
2. a unit of dry volume equivalent to around 293 liters

• One kuli is equal to eight vakka.

Related to Estonian kuli (“dude”); kuli was traditionally exclusively played by men and boys.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/, [ˈkulʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/, [ˈkuli]
• Rhymes: -uli
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

kuli

1. gorodki (a type of traditional game where wooden chips were hit with a stick)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 216

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

kuli

1. (anatomy) skin

kuli

1. head

• (genitive plural of kula) kul

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.li/

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• Rhymes: -uli
• Syllabification: ku‧li

kuli

1. third-person singular present of kulić

kuli

1. third-person plural virile past of kuć

kuli f

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuli/
• Hyphenation: ku‧li

Derived from Hindi क़ुली (qulī) / Urdu قلی (qulī, “hired laborer, slave”), from Turkish köle. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word 苦力 (kǔlì), was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength".

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

1. coolie

• “kuli”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuli f

1. dative/locative singular of kuľa

kuli

1. (derogatory, offensive) coolie; an Indian-Surinamese person, a Surinamese person of Indian descent.
   • 1976, Suky Akkal (lyrics and music), “Kapharia Ke Leb”, in The Tropical Mood:

     Gwe yu skôyer! Mi no e trow nanga no wan kuli

     Go away, you beggar! I'm not going to marry a coolie

Borrowed from English coolie.

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

kuli (ma class, plural makuli)

1. coolie, dockworker

• hamali
• mpakizi

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

• IPA^(key): /kuli/

kuli

1. skin

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