kalli

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • indefinite plural: kallëza
  • kall (Arbëreshë)
  • kallëz (Tosk)

Etymology

From archaic Arbëreshë kall +‎ -i, from Proto-Albanian *kalsa, from Proto-Indo-European *kolH- (“awn”). Compare English holly, Russian колос (kolos).[1]

Noun

kalli m (indefinite plural kallinj, definite singular kalliu, definite plural kallinjtë)

  1. ear or spike of grain
  2. (botany) spike (type of inflorescence)

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 210

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

kalli

  1. Alternative spelling of calli, house

Estonian

Etymology 1

Clipping of kallistus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlʲːi/

Noun

kalli (genitive kalli, partitive kallit)

  1. (informal) hug
Declension
Inflection of kalli (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kalli kallid
accusative kalli kallid
genitive kalli kallide
partitive kallit kallisid
illative kalli
kallisse		 kallidesse
inessive kallis kallides
elative kallist kallidest
allative kallile kallidele
adessive kallil kallidel
ablative kallilt kallidelt
translative kalliks kallideks
terminative kallini kallideni
essive kallina kallidena
abessive kallita kallideta
comitative kalliga kallidega

Etymology 2

Non-lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlʲːːi/

Adjective

kalli

  1. genitive singular of kallis

Icelandic

Verb

kalli

  1. first-person singular active present subjunctive of kalla
  2. third-person singular active present subjunctive of kalla
  3. third-person plural active present subjunctive of kalla

Temascaltepec Nahuatl

Noun

kalli

  1. house

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Noun

kalli

  1. house

References
  • Gramática del Náhuatl de San Miguel Tenango, Zacatlán, Puebla‎, 2014, page 6
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