Classical Nahuatl

Noun

pilli ‎(animate, plural pipiltin)

1. A noble, a nobleman or woman.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn 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, 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

Finnish

(index pi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpilːi/
• Hyphenation: pil‧li

Noun

pilli

1. whistle (device)
2. pipe (musical instrument)
3. drinking straw, straw
4. (colloquial) bag (breathalyzer)

Declension

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• pillike
• pillittää

Compounds

See also

• pili (not to be confused with)

Latvian

Adjective

pilli

1. (dialectal form) nominative plural masculine form of pills