celli
English
Noun
celli
- (rare) plural of cello
- 1988, Elliott W. Galkin, A history of orchestral conducting: in theory and practice, page 38:
- The balance of strings in these two orchestras emphasized the lowest tessitura; Charles Burney criticized the Italians for having more double basses than celli and for playing the instrument "... so coarsely that it produced a sound no more musical than the stroke of a hammer."
Latvian
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh celli, from Proto-Celtic *kallī.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɬɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɬi/
Noun
celli f (plural cellïau or cellïoedd)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
celli | gelli | nghelli | chelli |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “celli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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