colli

See also: Colli and collí

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

colli

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

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Possibly related to cōloa (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːlli/

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

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colli.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: col‧li

Noun

colli n (plural colli's, diminutive collietje n)

  1. parcel, package
    Synonym: collo

Usage notes

The use of colli as a singular noun is sometimes proscribed in favor of collo.

Noun

colli

  1. plural of collo

Italian

Noun

colli m

  1. plural of collo
  2. plural of colle

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

collī c

  1. dative/ablative singular of collis

Noun

collī n

  1. genitive singular of collum

Noun

collī m

  1. inflection of collus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

Welsh

Etymology

From coll (“loss”) +‎ -i,[1] cognate with Latin clādēs (“destruction”)[2] and Old Irish coll (“destruction”).

Pronunciation

Verb

colli (first-person singular present collaf)

  1. to lose, misplace
    Dw i wedi colli fy mhwrs.
    I've lost my purse.
  2. to lose (a game, a competition, etc.)
    Byddwn ni'n colli'n drwm yfory.
    We will lose heavily tomorrow.
  3. to spill, leak
  4. to miss (a bus, train, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future collaf colli cyll, colla collwn collwch collant collir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		collwn collit collai collem collech collent collid
preterite collais collaist collodd collasom collasoch collasant collwyd
pluperfect collaswn collasit collasai collasem collasech collasent collasid, collesid
present subjunctive collwyf collych collo collom colloch collont coller
imperative — coll, colla colled collwn collwch collent coller
verbal noun colli
verbal adjectives colledig
colladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms 		singular plural
first second third first second third
future colla i,
collaf i 		colli di collith o/e/hi,
colliff e/hi 		collwn ni collwch chi collan nhw
conditional collwn i,
collswn i 		collet ti,
collset ti 		collai fo/fe/hi,
collsai fo/fe/hi 		collen ni,
collsen ni 		collech chi,
collsech chi 		collen nhw,
collsen nhw
preterite collais i,
colles i 		collaist ti,
collest ti 		collodd o/e/hi collon ni colloch chi collon nhw
imperative — colla — — collwch —

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

  • colledig (“lost”)
  • colli amser (“to lose time”)
  • colli arno ei hun (“to lose one's self, to be beside one's self”)
  • colli blas (“to lose its savour; to lose one's taste (for)”)
  • colli ei dymer (“to lose one's temper”)
  • colli ei ffordd (“to lose one's way”)
  • colli gafael (“to lose one's hold or grip”)
  • colli gwynt (“to lose one's breath”)
  • colli limpin (“to lose one's temper”)
  • colli pwysau (“to lose weight”)
  • colli wyneb (“to lose face”)
  • colli'r dydd (“to lose the day”)
  • colli'r ffordd (“to lose one's way”)
  • colli'r plot (“to lose the plot”)
  • collwr (“loser”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of colli
radical soft nasal aspirate
colli golli ngholli cholli

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “colli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (6)

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “colli”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
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