kulli

From Arabic كُلّ (kull).

• kúlli: IPA^(key): /ˈkulːi/
• kullí: IPA^(key): /kulˈli/
• Hyphenation: kul‧li

kúlli or kullí

1. each, every

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kùlli”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

kulli

1. genitive singular of kull
2. partitive singular of kull

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulːi/, [ˈkulːi]
• Rhymes: -ulːi
• Syllabification^(key): kul‧li

Probably borrowed from Middle Low German kul, kulle (“testicle”) (compare Dutch kul).^[1]

kulli

1. (vulgar) cock, dick, prick, schlong (singular) penis, (plural) male genitalia
2. (dialectal, South Karelia) boar (male pig)
3. (dialectal, Lapland, in the plural) a weight in a fish dam (lohipato)
4. (obsolete) lump, bulge (protuberance of skin)

• “kulli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (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

From Proto-Finnic *kulli. Cognate to Estonian kull (“hawk, falcon”), Votic kulli (“hawk, male animal”) and Livvi kuľľi (“curlew”).

kulli (dialectal)

1. curlew

• “kulli”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

• killu

Probably ultimately from Middle Low German kulle (“testicle”). Cognates include Finnish kulli (“penis”) and Votic kulli (“boar”).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːi/, [ˈkulʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːi/, [ˈkulːi]
• Rhymes: -ulʲː, -ulːi
• Hyphenation: kul‧li

kulli

1. male animal
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:

     Kullileva imikost erittäijää sil, jot kulliil ono suur harja.

     The male lion differs from the female in that the male has a large mane.

2. Short for kullikasi.
3. Short for kullisika.

• imikko, imisä (“female animal”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 217

From Proto-Finnic *kulli.

kulli (genitive kullin, partitive [please provide])

1. curlew

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kulli”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

From Proto-Finnic *kulli.

kulli (genitive kullin, partitive [please provide])

1. curlew

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kulli”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[5], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

kulli

1. purple, dark purple

• kulliyay

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

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkulːi/, [ˈkulːi]
• Rhymes: -ulːi
• Hyphenation: kul‧li

kulli

1. male animal

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kulli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn