milli

milli

See also: millî, milli-, and mil·li-

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic مِلِّيّ‎ (milliyy).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

milli

1. national
   • 2004, Məmməd Qocayev, “Cinayət və onun cəzası [The crime and its punishment (foreword).]”, in Cinayət və cəza [Crime and Punishment]‎, Baku: Öndər Nəşriyyət, translation of original by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, page 4:

     Fyodor Mixayloviç Dostoyevksinin "Cinayət və cəza" romanı XIX əsrin 60-cı illərində (1866) meydana gəlmişdir və rus milli, mədəni, ictimai tarixinin mürəkkəb dövrlərindən birini əks etdirir.

     Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" appeared in the 60s of the XIX century (1866) and reflects one of the most complex periods of Russian national, cultural and social history.

Further reading

• “milli” in Obastan.com.

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Central Nahuatl

Noun

milli

1. Cultivated field; milpa.

Derived terms

• xochimilli

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːlli/

Noun

milli

1. Cultivated field; milpa.

Derived terms

• ahuacamilli
• amilli
• milcalatl
• zacamilli

Descendants

• Central Nahuatl: milli
• Mecayapan Nahuatl: mi̱jli
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mili̱

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 237
• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 65, 142
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 147
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 225
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 221, 246

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl milli

Noun

milli

1. Cultivated field; milpa.

Derived terms

• xochimilli

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilːi/, [ˈmilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Syllabification^(key): mil‧li

Etymology 1

Clipping of millimetri

Noun

milli

1. (colloquial) millimetre/millimeter
2. (colloquial) million; used chiefly of money

Declension

Inflection of milli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		milli	millit
genitive		millin	millien
partitive		milliä	millejä
illative		milliin	milleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		milli	millit
accusative	nom.	milli	millit
	gen.	millin
genitive		millin	millien
partitive		milliä	millejä
inessive		millissä	milleissä
elative		millistä	milleistä
illative		milliin	milleihin
adessive		millillä	milleillä
ablative		milliltä	milleiltä
allative		millille	milleille
essive		millinä	milleinä
translative		milliksi	milleiksi
instructive		—	millein
abessive		millittä	milleittä
comitative		—	milleineen

Possessive forms of milli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	millini	millimme
2nd person	millisi	millinne
3rd person	millinsä

Synonyms

• (millimeter): millimetri

Compounds

• neliömilli

Etymology 2

Clipping of millioni, old form of miljoona

Noun

milli

1. (colloquial) million; used chiefly of money

Declension

Inflection of milli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		milli	millit
genitive		millin	millien
partitive		milliä	millejä
illative		milliin	milleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		milli	millit
accusative	nom.	milli	millit
	gen.	millin
genitive		millin	millien
partitive		milliä	millejä
inessive		millissä	milleissä
elative		millistä	milleistä
illative		milliin	milleihin
adessive		millillä	milleillä
ablative		milliltä	milleiltä
allative		millille	milleille
essive		millinä	milleinä
translative		milliksi	milleiksi
instructive		—	millein
abessive		millittä	milleittä
comitative		—	milleineen

Possessive forms of milli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	millini	millimme
2nd person	millisi	millinne
3rd person	millinsä

Synonyms

• (million): miljoona

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse *miðli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtlɪ/

• Audio (Iceland)

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• Rhymes: -ɪtlɪ

Preposition

milli

1. (with genitive) between
   • Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)

     Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“

     And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Derived terms

• milli tveggja elda (“between a rock and a hard place; between the Devil and the deep blue sea”)

Adverb

milli

1. Used in set phrases

Derived terms

• á milli (“between”)
• mega á milli sjá, mega ekki á milli sjá
• fara á milli (“to go from one place to another”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of milljónamæringur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlːɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪlːɪ

Noun

milli m (genitive singular milla, nominative plural millar)

1. (slang) millionaire

Declension

declension of milli

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milli	millinn	millar	millarnir
accusative	milla	millann	milla	millana
dative	milla	millanum	millum	millunum
genitive	milla	millans	milla	millanna

Synonyms

• (millionaire): milljónamæringur

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Latin

Noun

mīllī

1. (rare) ablative singular of mīlle

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Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers

	1000
Cardinal : milli     Ordinal : millèsimu

Alternative forms

• middi

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mīlle.

Numeral

milli

1. thousand