Where does “kali” come from?

kali (Mauritian Creole) comes from Tamil கள்ளி, from Tamil -இ — ator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns.

kali (Mauritian Creole): cactus

Definitions

  1. cactus

Ancestry of “kali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகள்ளிthief
2Tamil-இator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns
Every word from Tamil -இ →Every word from Tamil கள்ளி →