kuli

Etymology
Probably a borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) dog

Verb

 * 1) to open

Verb

 * 1) to be senile

Adjective

 * 1) having a hard time due to some obstacle
 * 2) reluctant

Adverb

 * 1) reluctantly
 * 2) seldom; rarely

Verb

 * 1) to have a hard time doing something

Noun

 * 1) coolie unskilled Asian worker

Noun

 * 1) dog

Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *kuli, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) skin

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  an old Russian unit of weight, used for grain and equal to 9 poods or around 147.42 kilograms

Etymology 2
From,.

Noun

 * 1) coolie

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  to be deaf

Etymology 2
From, from Proto-Central Pacific *tur-i, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  knee

Noun

 * 1) coolie

Etymology
From, from , from , ultimately from.

Other forms occur in 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, which are possibly also influenced by 🇨🇬. The 🇨🇬 word, 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.

Noun

 * 1) laborer; coolie

Etymology 1
Borrowed from. .

Noun

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

Usage notes

 * One kuli is equal to eight.

Etymology 2
Related to 🇨🇬; kuli was traditionally exclusively played by men and boys.

Noun

 * 1) gorodki

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  skin

Noun

 * 1) head

Etymology 1
/, from. Other forms occur in Bengali kuli and Tamil kuli, "daily hire." The Mandarin word, was originally a transcription of the Hindi, and literally means "bitterly hard (use of) strength".

Noun

 * 1) coolie

Noun

 * 1)  ; an Indian-Surinamese person, a Surinamese person of Indian descent.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) coolie, dockworker

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) skin