chillo
See also: chilló
Classical Nahuatl
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eccum illum. Compare Italian quello.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkillə], (in sandhi) [-u]
Adjective
chillo (feminine singular chella, masculine plural chille, feminine plural chelle)
- (demonstrative) that
Coordinate terms
- chisto (“this”)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1587: “questo e non quello?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Spanish
Etymology 1
Deverbal from chillar.
Further reading
- “chillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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