calli

See also: callí, čálli, and calli-

English

Noun

calli

1. plural of callus

Anagrams

• Cilla, lilac

Catalan

Verb

calli

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

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Jaltocán and Texcoco): kalli
• (Canoa): cal·li

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl calli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈká.lːi]

Noun

calli

1. house.

Classical Nahuatl

FWOTD – 23 February 2015

The glyph for the day sign calli “house”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈká.lːi]

Noun

calli inan (plural calli)

1. (it is) an enclosed habitational space, a house or room
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v:

     Caſa.   calli.techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2:

     Caſa. calli. techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • Idem, f. 11v. col. 1.

     Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.

     Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.

2. (it is) the third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, a stylized one-room house
   • 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.

     chico açe cale / q̃ quiere dezir / seis casas.

     chico açe cale. [sic] which means “six houses”.

Derived terms

Terms derived from calli

• ācalli
• āhuiyanicalli
• āmoxcalli
• āxīxcalli
• caleh
• callah
• callālli
• calmīlli
• calpōhua
• caltzālantli
• chināncalli
• coyamecalli
• cuāchcalli
• cuauhcalli
• cuitlacalli
• huīlōcalli
• ichcacalli
• icnōpilcalli
• mahomacalli
• mazācalli
• nemānāhuīlcalli
• occalli
• omicalli
• pahcalli
• pitzocalli
• tēcpancalli
• temazcalli
• tēlpōchcalli
• teōcalli
• teōpixcācalli
• tlāhuīlcalli
• tlecalli
• tōchcalli
• tōtolcalli
• xahcalli
• yāōcalli

Proper nouns derived from calli

• Acalco
• Coacalco
• Teocalco

Related terms

• chantli

Descendants

• Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kali
• Central Nahuatl: calli

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lːi]

Noun

cālli (inanimate)

1. Wooden or cane tongs used to eat toasted maize.
   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 11v. col. 1:

     Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.

     Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 25r, 11v
• Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 61
• Laurette Séjourné (1981) El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 18

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan [Term?], from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kaliR. Cognate to Classical Nahuatl calli.

Noun

calli (plural caltini)

1. house.

Extremaduran

Noun

calli f (plural callis)

1. street

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.li/
• Rhymes: -alli
• Hyphenation: càl‧li

Noun

calli f

1. plural of calle

Noun

calli m

1. plural of callo

Latin

Noun

callī

1. genitive singular of callum