calli

See also: callí, čálli, and calli-

English

Noun

calli

  1. plural of callus

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

calli

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl calli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈká.lːi]

Noun

calli

  1. house.

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)

  1. (it is) an enclosed habitational space, a house or room
  2. (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”.
Possessive forms
Possessive forms of calli
Singular Plural
1st person nocal tocal
2nd person mocal amocal
3rd person īcal īncal
impersonal tēcal
Derived terms
Proper nouns derived from calli
Descendants
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kali
  • Central Nahuatl: calli

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaː.lːi]

Noun

cālli (inanimate)

  1. Wooden or cane tongs used to eat toasted maize.

References

  1. ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1213. *kanni (NUA) / *kaLi (SUA) ‘house’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 218
  • 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)

  1. house.

Extremaduran

Noun

calli f (plural callis)

  1. street

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.li/
  • Rhymes: -alli
  • Hyphenation: càl‧li

Noun

calli f

  1. plural of calle

Noun

calli m

  1. plural of callo

Latin

Noun

callī

  1. genitive singular of callum