different between calls vs calli

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?lz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??lz/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /k?lz/

Noun

calls

1. plural of call

Verb

calls

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of call

Anagrams

• scall

Catalan

Noun

calls

1. plural of call

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