calli

calli

1. plural of callus

• Cilla, lilac

calli

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
3. third-person singular imperative form of callar

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.lːi]

calli (inanimate)

1. 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, Idem, 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. the third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented conceptually by 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”.

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lːi]

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.

• 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

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

calli (plural caltini)

1. house.

calli f

1. plural of calle

calli m

1. plural of callo

callī

1. genitive singular of callum