pilli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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, 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

Inflection

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Vocative: pillé

Derived terms

    Terms derived from pilli

calpanpilli cihuāpilli cuitlapilli

ichtacāpilli icnōpilli mahpilli

nenepilli pillōtl pilpiīl

piltōntli pīpillōtl quīxtīlpilli

tēcpilli tlazohpilli tlepilli

References

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/
• Hyphenation: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

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

Declension

Inflection of pilli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pilli	pillit
genitive		pillin	pillien
partitive		pilliä	pillejä
illative		pilliin	pilleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pilli	pillit
accusative	nom.	pilli	pillit
	gen.	pillin
genitive		pillin	pillien
partitive		pilliä	pillejä
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