chichí
Papantla Totonac
Etymology
Cognate with Highland Totonac chichiꞌ, Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac chichíꞌ. C.f. Classical Nahuatl chichi.
Noun
chichí
References
- [Aschmann, Hermann P.; Aschmann, Elizabeth] (1973) Diccionario totonaco de Papantla, Veracruz: Totonaco — español, español — totonaco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 16)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 21, 141, 234
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi/ [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: chi‧chí
Etymology 1
Noun
chichí m (plural chichíes or chichís)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chichi (“suckle”).
Noun
chichí m (plural chichíes or chichís)
- alternative form of chichi
Further reading
- “chichí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024