Headword:
-calli.
Principal English Translation:
a wide range of words end in calli that do not specifically refer to houses or buildings of various kinds, but to smaller structures, containers, or things that enclose other things, or that have a constructed shape
Orthographic Variants:
-cale
Attestations from sources in English:
See the following for example:
acalli, a boat or canoe
āhuahcalli, a gourd half, used a ladle
amacalli, a paper cone or crown
amatzcalli, an oyster or clam (with the shell enclosing the animal)
ametzcalli, ditto
amatzoncalli, a paper helmet (like the amacalli, but with an emphasis o the head or hair)
cecualli and cehualcalli, an arbor for shade
(etc.) (SW)