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)

  1. (colloquial, childish, mildly vulgar) penis

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtitit/ [ˈtiː.ti̞t̚] (bird)
    • Rhymes: -itit
  • IPA(key): /tiˈtit/ [tiˈti̞t̚] (chirping)
    • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: ti‧tit

Noun

títit

  1. bird
  2. (of mice) hissing

Derived terms

  • mantitit

Noun

titít

  1. (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

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

  1. bird

Sundanese

Noun

titit

  1. (childish) penis
  2. 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.