colli

See also: Colli and collí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.ʎi]

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

• Colhuah, Colhuahcan

Related terms

• achcōlli
• āchcōcōlli

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔl.li]

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, cognate with Latin clādēs (“destruction”) and Old Irish coll (“destruction”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɬɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɬi/
• Rhymes: -ɔɬɪ

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 of colli (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 of colli (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

• achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn (“to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise”)
• 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”)

Related terms

• colled (“loss”)

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.

Further reading

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