colli

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See also: Colli and collí

Catalan

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colli

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

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Possibly related to cōloa (to bend).

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Noun

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cōlli (absolutive plural cōltin, possessive singular īcōl)

  1. grandfather
    • c. 1609, Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 18r.:
      yn huehuetque yllamatque. catca yn tocihuan tocolhuan yn tachtõhuan yn tomintonhuan yn topiptonhuã yn tochichicahuan
      those who were the ancient ones, men and women, our grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great grandparents, great-grandmothers, our forefathers

Usage notes

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Usually occurs with a possessive prefix, such as tēcōl (one's grandfather) or nocōl (my grandfather).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 214
  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Arthur J. O. Anderson, Susan Schroeder, transl., Codex Chimalpahin, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages vol. 1, pp. 60–61
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 40
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 215

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian colli.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: col‧li

Noun

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colli n (plural colli's, diminutive collietje n)

  1. parcel, package
    Synonym: collo

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The use of colli as a singular noun is sometimes proscribed in favor of collo.

Noun

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colli

  1. plural of collo

Italian

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Noun

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colli m

  1. plural of collo
  2. plural of colle

Latin

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collī c

  1. dative/ablative singular of collis

collī n

  1. genitive singular of collum

collī m

  1. inflection of collus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

Welsh

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Etymology

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From coll (loss) +‎ -i,[1] cognate with Latin clādēs (destruction)[2] and Old Irish coll (destruction).

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Verb

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colli (first-person singular present collaf)

  1. to lose, misplace
    Dw i wedi colli fy mhwrs.
    I've lost my purse.
  2. to lose (a game, a competition, etc.)
    Byddwn ni'n colli'n drwm yfory.
    We will lose heavily tomorrow.
  3. to spill, leak
  4. to miss (a bus, train, etc.)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
colli golli ngholli cholli
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “colli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (6)