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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?

Noun

calla (plural callas)

1. A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
2. The calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica.

Translations

References

• calla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calla palustris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calla palustris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zantedeschia aethiopica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Verb

calla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of callar
2. second-person singular imperative form of callar

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

calla

1. Obsolete spelling of callah

Italian

Noun

calla f (plural calle)

1. calla (Calla palustris)

Latin

Noun

calla

1. nominative plural of callum
2. accusative plural of callum
3. vocative plural of callum

References

• calla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

calla m

1. genitive singular of call

Spanish

Verb

calla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of callar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of callar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of callar.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?la/

Verb

calla (present callar, preterite callade, supine callat, imperative calla)

1. (card games) to call

Conjugation

Synonyms

• syna

English

Noun

calli

1. plural of callus

Anagrams

• Cilla, lilac

Catalan

Verb

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

Central Nahuatl

Noun

calli

1. house.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ká.l?i]

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.

     Ca?a.   calli.techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • 1571, Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2.

     Ca?a. calli. techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • Idem, f. 11v. col. 1.

     Calli. ca?a, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz to?tado enel re?coldo.

     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 t?nalp?hualli, a stylized one-room house
   • 16C, Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.

     chico açe cale / q? quiere dezir / seis casas.

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ka?.l?i]

Noun

c?lli (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. ca?a, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz to?tado enel re?coldo.

     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.

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alli

Noun

calli f

1. plural of calle

calli m

1. plural of callo

Latin

Noun

call?

1. genitive singular of callum