calli

English

Noun

calli

1. Plural form of callus.

---

Catalan

Verb

calli

1. First-person singular present subjunctive form of callar.
2. Third-person singular present subjunctive form of callar.
3. Third-person singular imperative form of callar.

---

Italian

Noun

calli f

1. Plural form of calle

calli m

1. Plural form of callo

---

Latin

Noun

callī

1. genitive singular of callum

---

Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• cajli (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
• cali̱ (Tetelcingo)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kahli/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
• IPA: /kalɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Noun

calli

1. House.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v

     Caſa. calli.techan.

Derived terms

acalli ahuiyanicalli

cuauhcalli pahcalli

telpochcalli teohcalli

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 210:
• 1962, Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer, Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 21, 49, 113:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 22:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 212:
• 2002, Wolgemuth, Carl et al., Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz^[1], 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 19, 222:

Etymology 2

Noun

calli

1. Tongs.
   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 47v

     cālli, largo el ca, ſignifica tenaçuelas de palo, ò caña, para ſacar maiz toſtado del reſcoldo.

     (cālli, with the cā long, means little tongs of wood or reed to take toasted maize from the embers.)

References

• 2001, Carochi, Horacio, Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page pp. 186–187:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 22: