milli

See also: millî, milli-, and mil·li-

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms
  • mi̱jli (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
  • mili̱ (Tetelcingo)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /miːlli/
  • IPA(key): /miːhli/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
  • IPA(key): /milɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Noun

milli

  1. Cultivated field; milpa.

Derived terms

References
  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed. edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 237
  • Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 65, 142
  • Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 147
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 225
  • Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 221, 246

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl milli

Noun

milli

  1. Cultivated field; milpa.

Derived terms

Finnish

Noun

milli

  1. (colloquial) millimetre/millimeter
  2. (colloquial) million; used chiefly of money

Declension
Inflection of milli (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative milli millit
genitive millin millien
partitive milliä millejä
illative milliin milleihin
singular plural
nominative milli millit
accusative nom. milli millit
gen. millin
genitive millin millien
partitive milliä millejä
inessive millissä milleissä
elative millistä milleistä
illative milliin milleihin
adessive millillä milleillä
ablative milliltä milleiltä
allative millille milleille
essive millinä milleinä
translative milliksi milleiksi
instructive — millein
abessive millittä milleittä
comitative — milleineen

Synonyms

Compounds

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse *miðli.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtlɪ/
  • Audio (Iceland)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪtlɪ

Preposition

milli

  1. (with genitive) between
    • Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)
      Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“
      And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Derived terms
  • milli tveggja elda (“between a rock and a hard place; between the Devil and the deep blue sea”)

Adverb

milli

  1. Used in set phrases
Derived terms
  • Template:á milli
  • mega á milli sjá, mega ekki á milli sjá
  • fara á milli (“to go from one place to another”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of milljónamæringur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪlːɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlːɪ

Noun

milli m (genitive singular milla, nominative plural millar)

  1. (slang) millionaire
Declension
declension of milli
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative milli millinn millar millarnir
accusative milla millann milla millana
dative milla millanum millum millunum
genitive milla millans milla millanna
Synonyms

Latin

Noun

mīllī

  1. dative singular of mīlle
  2. ablative singular of mīlle

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مِلِّيّ‎ (milliyy).

Adjective

millî

  1. people's
  2. national
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