pilli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpilli/

Noun

pilli (animate, plural pipiltin)

1. A noble, a nobleman or woman.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 181r.

     Noble por fama conocido. pilli.mauizçotl.

     (A noble, (someone) known by fame. pilli.mauizçotl.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 81v. col. 2.

     Pilli. cuallero, o noble perſona.

     (Pilli. a knight, a noble person.)

   • c1600: Anonymous, Anónimo mexicano, f. 28v.

     auh ynin Pipiltin chichimeca, omo çecan xe lo que. ynic nican cecapal huíc tezcôco,

     (And these Chichimec nobles separeted themselves, coming here by way of Tetzcoco.)

2. (chiefly in compounds or derivatives) child

Derived terms

    Terms derived from pilli

calpanpilli cihuāpilli cuitlapilli

ichtacāpilli icnōpilli mahpilli

nenepilli pillōtl pilpiīl

piltōntli pīpillōtl quīxtīlpilli

tēcpilli tlazohpilli tlepilli

References

• 1992, Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 195:
• 2008, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 81:

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpilːi/
• Hyphenation: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. A whistle (device).
2. A pipe (musical instrument).
3. A drinking straw, a straw.
4. (colloquial) A bag (breathalyzer).

Declension

Declension of pilli (type risti) singular plural nominative pilli pillit genitive pillin pillien partitive pilliä pillejä accusative pilli pillin pillit inessive pillissä pilleissä elative pillistä pilleistä illative pilliin pilleihin adessive pillillä pilleillä ablative pilliltä pilleiltä allative pillille pilleille essive pillinä pilleinä translative pilliksi pilleiksi instructive – pillein abessive pillittä pilleittä comitative – pilleineen

Synonyms

• (whistle): vihellin
• (drinking straw): juomapilli
• (breathalyzer): alkometri

Derived terms

• pillike
• pillittää

Compounds

höyrypilli itkupilli koirapilli

kukkopilli mehupilli pajupilli

pillifarkut pillikinttu pillipiipari pillitupakka

säkkipilli tinapilli urkupilli

See also

• pili (not to be confused with)

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Adjective

pilli

1. (dialectal form) nominative plural masculine form of pills