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colli
colli
See also: collí
Catalan
Verb
colli
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of collar
 - third-person singular present subjunctive form of collar
 - third-person singular imperative form of collar
 
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːlli/
 
Etymology
Possibly related to cōloa (“to bend”).
Noun
cōlli (absolutive plural cōltin, possessive singular īcōl)
-  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)
 
 
 -  c. 1609: Tezozomoc, Chimalpahin, Cronica mexicayotl, f. 18r.
 
Usage notes
Usually occurs with a possessive prefix, such as tēcōl "one's grandfather" or nocōl "my grandfather".
Derived terms
- Colhuah, Colhuahcan
 
Related 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) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, 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
 
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔɬɪ/
 
Verb
colli (stem coll-)
-  to lose, misplace
-  Dw i wedi colli fy mhwrs.
- I've lost my purse.
 
 
 -  Dw i wedi colli fy mhwrs.
 -  to lose (a game, a competition, etc.)
-  Byddwn ni'n colli'n drwm yfory.
- We will lose heavily tomorrow.
 
 
 -  Byddwn ni'n colli'n drwm yfory.
 - to spill, leak
 
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
| singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present/future | collaf | colli | cyll, colla | collwn | collwch | collant | collir | |
| imperfect/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 | |
| subjunctive | collwyf | collych | collo | collom | colloch | collont | coller | |
| imperative | — | coll, colla | colled | collwn | collwch | collent | coller | |
| verbal noun | colli | |||||||
| verbal adjectives |  colledig colladwy  | 
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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. | ||||||
Related terms
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate | 
| colli | golli | ngholli | cholli | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | |||
References
- “colli” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.