titit
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay titit. Compare Sundanese titit, Tagalog titi, Cebuano tintin, & Hokkien 弟弟 (tî-tî / tī-tī / tī-tî / tih-tih, “euphemism or slang term for penis”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtitit/ [ˈt̪i.t̪ɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -itit
- Syllabification: ti‧tit
Noun
titit (plural titit-titit)
Usage notes
- Never used in scientific and medical contexts. Does not have any other uses, unlike English dick.
- Less vulgar than kontol & peler.
Further reading
- “titit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtitit/ [ˈtiː.ti̞t̚] (“bird”)
- Rhymes: -itit
- IPA(key): /tiˈtit/ [tiˈti̞t̚] (“chirping”)
- Rhymes: -it
- Syllabification: ti‧tit
Noun
títit
Derived terms
- mantitit
Noun
titít
- (of birds) chirp, twitter
- 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos[1], Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Proverbs 23:5:
- Tan adi ka ammo yan bigla ay tomayaw din pilak mo ay kaman din titit ay agila.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- mantitit
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms & variants of titit
Southern / Central | ||
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Mt. Province | Tadian | titit, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) totot |
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “títit”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[2], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 473
- Allen, Larry (2021) “titit”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Karao
Noun
titit
Sundanese
Noun
titit
- (childish) penis
- duckling or gosling
- 1930, “Tatanen — Dagang — Karadjinan”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Dagang titit dina ĕndog, page 229:
- Di Tiongkok Kidul, geus ilahar pisan toekang mĕri teh sok ngadjaroealan titit dina ĕndogna keneh
- [Di Tiongkok Kidul, geus ilahar pisan tukang meri téh sok ngajarualan titit dina endogna kénéh]
- In Southern China, it is common to find duck vendors selling ducklings while they are still in the egg.