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Kuli
kuli
kuli
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulit, from Proto-Austronesian *qaNiC.
Noun
kuli
- skin (outer covering of the body of a person)
Finnish
Noun
kuli
Declension
| Inflection of kuli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuli | kulit | |
| genitive | kulin | kulien | |
| partitive | kulia | kuleja | |
| illative | kuliin | kuleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuli | kulit | |
| accusative | nom. | kuli | kulit |
| gen. | kulin | ||
| genitive | kulin | kulien | |
| partitive | kulia | kuleja | |
| inessive | kulissa | kuleissa | |
| elative | kulista | kuleista | |
| illative | kuliin | kuleihin | |
| adessive | kulilla | kuleilla | |
| ablative | kulilta | kuleilta | |
| allative | kulille | kuleille | |
| essive | kulina | kuleina | |
| translative | kuliksi | kuleiksi | |
| instructive | — | kulein | |
| abessive | kulitta | kuleitta | |
| comitative | — | kuleineen | |
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tuli, from Proto-Oceanic *tuli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli (compare Maori turi, Fijian tuli, Indonesian tuli).
Verb
kuli
- (stative) to be deaf (not hearing)
Noun
kuli
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuli]
- Hyphenation: ku‧li
Noun
kuli (plural kulik)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kuli | kulik |
| accusative | kulit | kulikat |
| dative | kulinak | kuliknak |
| instrumental | kulival | kulikkal |
| causal-final | kuliért | kulikért |
| translative | kulivá | kulikká |
| terminative | kuliig | kulikig |
| essive-formal | kuliként | kulikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kuliban | kulikban |
| superessive | kulin | kulikon |
| adessive | kulinál | kuliknál |
| illative | kuliba | kulikba |
| sublative | kulira | kulikra |
| allative | kulihoz | kulikhoz |
| elative | kuliból | kulikból |
| delative | kuliról | kulikról |
| ablative | kulitól | kuliktól |
| Possessive forms of kuli | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kulim | kulijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kulid | kulijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kulija | kulijai |
| 1st person plural | kulink | kulijaink |
| 2nd person plural | kulitok | kulijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kulijuk | kulijaik |
Slovak
Etymology
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".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuli/
- Hyphenation: ku‧li
Noun
kuli m (genitive singular kuliho, nominative plural kuliovia, declension pattern of kuli)
Declension
Declension of kuli
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuli | kuliovia |
| genitive | kuliho | kuliov |
| dative | kulimu | kuliom |
| accusative | kuliho | kuliov |
| locative | kulim | kulioch |
| instrumental | kulim | kuliami |