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milli
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Languages (11)
Azerbaijani
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, millət (“nation”) + -i.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: mil‧li
Adjective
milli (comparative daha milli, superlative ən milli)
- national
- 2004, Məmməd Qocayev, “Cinayət və onun cəzası [The crime and its punishment (foreword)]”, in Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Cinayət və cəza [Crime and Punishment], Baku: Öndər Nəşriyyət, translation of original (overall work in Russian), page 4:
- Fyodor Mixayloviç Dostoyevksinin "Cinayət və cəza" romanı XIX əsrin 60-cı illərində (1866) meydana gəlmişdir və rus milli, mədəni, ictimai tarixinin mürəkkəb dövrlərindən birini əks etdirir.
- Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" appeared in the 60s of the XIX century (1866) and reflects one of the most complex periods of Russian national, cultural and social history.
Further reading
- “milli” in Obastan.com.
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Central Nahuatl
Noun
milli
Derived terms
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Noun
mīlli
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Central Nahuatl: milli
- Mecayapan Nahuatl: mi̱jli
- Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mili̱
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 edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 83, 221, 246
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl milli
Noun
milli
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of millimetri.
Noun
milli (colloquial)
Declension
Synonyms
- (millimeter): millimetri
Derived terms
compounds
Etymology 2
Clipping of millioni, old form of miljoona.
Noun
milli (colloquial)
- million (chiefly of money)
Declension
Synonyms
- (million): miljoona
Further reading
- “milli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 January 2024
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Icelandic
Etymology 1
From Old Norse *miðli, from a formation related to Proto-Germanic *midlą (“middle”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
milli
Derived terms
- milli tveggja elda (“between a rock and a hard place; between the Devil and the deep blue sea”)
- millifæra
Adverb
milli
- Used in set phrases
Derived terms
- á milli (“between”)
- mega á milli sjá, mega ekki á milli sjá
- fara á milli (“to go from one place to another”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
milli m (genitive singular milla, nominative plural millar)
- (slang) millionaire
- Synonym: milljónamæringur
Declension
Further reading
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “milli”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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Latin
Noun
mīllī
Maltese
Pronunciation
Conjunction
milli
Sicilian
| 1000 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : milli Ordinal : millìsimu | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
milli
References
- Marco Guarneri (1997), Sicilian-English/English-Sicilian, New York, N.Y.: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 47
Turkish
Adjective
milli
- alternative spelling of millî
Turkmen
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِلِّيّ (milliyy). By surface analysis, millet (“nation”) + -i.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mil‧li
Adjective
Further reading
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