pilli

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilː.i/

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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Estonian

Noun

pilli

1. genitive singular of pill
2. partitive singular of pill
3. illative singular of pill

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Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilli, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/, [ˈpilːi]
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Syllabification: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. whistle (device)
2. pipe (musical instrument)
3. drinking straw, straw
4. (mycology) pore
5. (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

Possessive forms of pilli (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pillini	pillimme
2nd person	pillisi	pillinne
3rd person	pillinsä

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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Latvian

Adjective

pilli

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

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Malayalam

Noun

pilli • (pilli)

1. A small church, a Chapel

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Yagara

Noun

pilli

1. Alternative form of pilla.

References

• The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".