What Pilli means
Two senses that often confuse readers of name lists: on its own pilli is a noble, plural pipiltin, but in compounds and diminutives it means child, as in piltontli (little boy) and metlapil (the metate's child, its roller).
NahuatlCore vocabulary
Pilli
“noble; child”
Say it
PEE·lee
Classical form
pilli (noble, nobleman); in compounds, child
Names built from Pilli
1 name on this site uses this word.
The Nahuatl words behind the names
Learn twenty of these and most Aztec names decode themselves. Atl is water, tlalli earth, citlalin star, metztli moon, yollotl heart, cuauhtli eagle, xochitl flower.
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