กาลี

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Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicกาลี
k ā l ī
Phonemic
กา-ลี
k ā – l ī
RomanizationPaiboongaa-lii
Royal Instituteka-li
(standard) IPA(key)/kaː˧.liː˧/(R)

Etymology 1

From Pali kali (“bad luck; sin; distress”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

กาลี • (gaa-lii)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) wicked, evil, ill, bad; unfortunate, inauspicious, unfavourable, unwholesome.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काली (kālī, literally “dark(-skinned) woman”). Cognate with Lao ກາລີ (kā lī).

Proper noun

กาลี • (gaa-lii)

  1. (Hinduism) Kālī, a terrific form of the goddess Durgā.

Urak Lawoi'

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih (“to dig up, excavate”). Cognate with Malay gali, Ilocano kali, Malagasy hady.

Pronunciation

Verb

กาลี (kali)

  1. to dig

Further reading

  • Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN
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