kali

Meaning

Noun

• The prickly glasswort (Kali turgidum, syn. of Salsola kali).
• Alkali, particularly soda ash or potash.
• Traditional Philippine stick fighting, a martial art.
• A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.

Origin

• Arabic قِلْي. See alkali.
• Uncertain; see arnis#Name at Wikipedia for more.
• Uncertain; possibly a reference to the appearance of soda ash produced by burning kali (Etymology 1).