calli
See also: callí, čálli, and calli-
English
Noun
calli
- plural of callus
Anagrams
- Cilla, lilac
Catalan
Verb
calli
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
- third-person singular imperative form of callar
Central Nahuatl
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl calli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈká.lːi]
Noun
calli
- house.
Classical Nahuatl
FWOTD – 23 February 2015
The glyph for the day sign calli “house”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR.
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.
- Caſa. calli.techan.
- 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2.
- Caſa. calli. techan.
- A house. calli. techan.
- Caſa. 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.
- 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v.
- (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.
Derived terms
Terms derived from calli
- ācalli
- āhuiyanicalli
- āmoxcalli
- āxīxcalli
- caleh
- callah
- callālli
- calmīlli
- calpōhua
- caltzālantli
- chināncalli
- coyamecalli
- cuāchcalli
- cuauhcalli
- cuitlacalli
- huīlōcalli
- ichcacalli
- icnōpilcalli
- mahomacalli
- mazācalli
- nemānāhuīlcalli
- occalli
- omicalli
- pahcalli
- pitzocalli
- tēcpancalli
- temazcalli
- tēlpōchcalli
- teōcalli
- teōpixcācalli
- tlāhuīlcalli
- tlecalli
- tōchcalli
- tōtolcalli
- xahcalli
- yāōcalli
Proper nouns derived from calli
- Acalco
- Coacalco
- Teocalco
Related terms
- chantli
Descendants
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kali
- Central Nahuatl: calli
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.
- Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.
- 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 11v. col. 1.
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 [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl calli.
Noun
calli (plural caltini)
- house.
Extremaduran
Noun
calli f (plural callis)
- street
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