calli
English
Noun
calli
- plural of callus
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
calli
- inflection of callar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl calli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈká.lːi]
Noun
calli
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 23 February 2015
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nahuan *kal-lɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaLi-ta.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈká.lːi]
Noun
calli inan (plural calli)
- (it is) an enclosed habitational space, a house or room
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v:
- Caſa. calli.techan.
- A house. calli. techan.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2:
- Caſa. calli. techan.
- A house. calli. techan.
- Idem, f. 11v. col. 1.
- Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.
- Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.
- Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.
- (it is) the third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, a stylized one-room house
- 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.
- chico açe cale / q̃ quiere dezir / seis casas.
- chico açe cale. [sic] which means “six houses”.
- chico açe cale / q̃ quiere dezir / seis casas.
- 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.
Possessive forms
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | nocal | tocal |
| 2nd person | mocal | amocal |
| 3rd person | īcal | īncal |
| impersonal | tēcal | |
Derived terms
- amacalli
- amatzcalli
- amatzoncalli
- calcuēchtli
- caleh
- calhuihuixoā
- calihtic
- calilpiā
- callah
- callampa
- callālli
- callōtiā
- calmīlli
- calnechca
- calnenqui
- calpani
- calpanōltiā
- calpatla
- calpopōchectic
- calpōhua
- caltech
- caltema
- caltepāmit
- caltlamachtihquētl
- caltlamocuitlahuihquēt
- caltohtoma
- caltzacua
- caltzacuiliā
- caltzompān
- caltzālantli
- caltēnn
- caltēntzacua
- calxolēhua
- calxomil
- calīxco
- calīxmelāhua
- calīxpan
- calīxtli
- cehualcalli
- cencaltin
- chināncalli
- coyamecalli
- cuauhcalli
- cuitlacalli
- cuāchcalli
- huīlōcalli
- ichcacalli
- icnōpilcalli
- mahomacalli
- mazācalli
- nemānāhuīlcalli
- occalli
- omicalli
- pahcalli
- pitzocalli
- temazcalli
- tequicalli
- teōcalli
- teōpancalli
- teōpixcācalli
- tlahcocalli
- tlaquilcalli
- tlecalli
- tlāhuīlcalli
- tzoncalli
- tēcpancalli
- tēlpōchcalli
- tōchcalli
- tōtolcalli
- xahcalli
- xiuhcalli
- xōchichināncalli
- yāōcalli
- ācalli
- āhuahcalli
- āhuiyanicalli
- āmetzcalli
- āmoxcalli
- āxīxcalli
Proper nouns derived from calli
- Acalco
- Coacalco
- Teocalco
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkaː.lːi]
Noun
cālli (inanimate)
- Wooden or cane tongs used to eat toasted maize.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 11v. col. 1:
- Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.
- Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.
References
- Alonso de Molina (1571), Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 25r, 11v
- Rémi Siméon (1885), Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 61
- Laurette Séjourné (1981), El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 18
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *kal-lɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaLi-ta. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl calli.
Noun
calli (plural caltini)
Extremaduran
Noun
calli f (plural callis)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkal.li/
- Rhymes: -alli
- Hyphenation: càl‧li
Noun
calli f
- plural of calle
Noun
calli m
- plural of callo
Latin
Noun
callī
- genitive singular of callum