colli

Catalan

Verb

colli

1. First-person singular present subjunctive form of collar.
2. Third-person singular present subjunctive form of collar.
3. Third-person singular imperative form of collar.

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkoːlli/

Etymology

Possibly related to cōloa (“to bend”).

Noun

cōlli (absolutive plural cōltin, possessive singular īcōl)

1. grandfather
   • c. 1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 18r.

     yn huehuetque yllamatque. catca yn tocihuan tocolhuan yn tachtõhuan yn tomintonhuan yn topiptonhuã yn tochichicahuan

     (those who were the ancient ones, men and women, our grandmothers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great grandparents, great-grandmothers, our forefathers)

Usage notes

Usually occurs with a possessive prefix, such as tēcōl "one's grandfather" or nocōl "my grandfather".

Derived terms

• Colhuah, Colhuahcan

Related terms

• achcōlli

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 214:
• 1997, Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón, Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page vol. 1, pp. 60–61:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 40:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 215:

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Italian

Noun

colli m

1. Plural form of collo
2. Plural form of colle

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Latin

Noun

collī

1. genitive singular of collum