yiyi

See also: yīyī, yīyì, yíyī, yìyǐ, yìyì, and yìyi

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Cf. Classical Nahuatl ēyi.

Numeral

yiyi

  1. three
  • yexcan

References

  • Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 253

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝiʝi/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ʝi] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiʃi/ [ˈʃi.ʃi] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒiʒi/ [ˈʒi.ʒi] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -iʝi
  • Syllabification: yi‧yi

Noun

yiyi f (plural yiyis)

  1. (Paraguay, colloquial) hotty; sheila; dame (young attractive lady)
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