chillo

See also: chilló

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

chillo (inanimate)

1. Obsolete spelling of chīlloh

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)

1. (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.

Noun

chillo m (plural chillos)

1. cry, troat, squeal, hoot

Etymology 2

Verb

chillo

1. first-person singular present indicative of chillar

Further reading

• “chillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014