pilli

Catalan

Verb

pilli

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

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilː.i/

Noun

pilli (animate, plural pipiltin)

1. A noble, a nobleman or woman.
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 181r.:

     Noble por fama conocido. pilli.mauizçotl.

     A noble, (someone) known by fame. pilli.mauizçotl.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 81v. col. 2.:

     Pilli. cuallero, o noble perſona.

     Pilli. a knight, a noble person.

   • c1600, anonymous author, Anónimo mexicano, f. 28v.:

     auh ynin Pipiltin chichimeca, omo çecan xe lo que. ynic nican cecapal huíc tezcôco,

     And these Chichimec nobles separeted themselves, coming here by way of Tetzcoco.

2. (chiefly in compounds or derivatives) child

Inflection

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Vocative: pillé

Derived terms

References

• Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 195
• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (1571), Mexico: Editorial Porrúa, page 81

Estonian

Noun

pilli

1. genitive singular of pill
2. partitive singular of pill
3. illative singular of pill

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilli, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/,
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Syllabification^(key): pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. whistle (device)
2. (music) pipe
3. drinking straw, straw
4. (mycology) pore
5. (colloquial) bag (breathalyzer)

Declension

Synonyms

• (whistle): vihellin
• (drinking straw): juomapilli
• (breathalyzer): alkometri

Derived terms

See also

• pili (not to be confused with)

Further reading

• “pilli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilli. Cognates include Finnish pilli and Estonian pill.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpilʲːi/,
• Rhymes: -ilʲː, -ilʲːi
• Hyphenation: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. pipe, flute
   • 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:

     Hää otti kormanast pillin i noisi soittamaa.

     He took a pipe out of his pocket and began to play.

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Olga I. Konkova (2009) Ижора: Очерки истории и культуры‎, Saint Petersburg, →ISBN, page 208

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpil.li/
• Rhymes: -illi
• Hyphenation: pìl‧li

Noun

pilli

1. plural of pillo

Latvian

Adjective

pilli

1. (dialectal) nominative plural masculine of pills

Moore

Etymology

from French pile

Noun

pilli

1. battery (device producing electricity)

Synonyms

• (device producing electricity): bateri

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilli.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/,
• Rhymes: -ilːi
• Hyphenation: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. pipe, fife, flute, svirel

Inflection

Derived terms

• pillittä

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pilli”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Yagara

Noun

pilli

1. Alternative form of pilla.

References

• The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".