chichi

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 2 Chamicuro 2.1 Noun 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 4 Nahuatl 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.1.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.1.2 Derived terms 4.1.2 References 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Alternative spellings 4.2.2 Pronunciation 4.2.3 Verb 4.2.3.1 Related terms 4.2.4 References 5 Spanish 5.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'ʃi.ʃi/

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chichi

1. affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

   "Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead." --E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek

   "Whether the chichi gender theorists like it or not, sexual duality is a law of nature among all highly evolved life forms." --Camille Paglia

   "The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much 'chichi Italian food dished up in London."--Daily Telegraph, January 22, 1969

   "[Judith] Hope -- who lives in East Hampton, where the Clintons have a lot of chichi friends -- has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements." --Washington Post, June 4, 1999

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[edit] Chamicuro

[edit] Noun

chichi

1. chili

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

chichi (hiragana ちち)

1. 父: one's own father

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[edit] Nahuatl

[edit] Etymology 1

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chichi

1. Dog.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 194v

     Perro o perra. chichi. ytzcuintli.

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• itzcuintli

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chichiconetl

chichiton

[edit] References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003). Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, rev. ed., p. 215, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Karttunen, Frances (1983). An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, p. 47, Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Lockhart, James (2001). Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, p. 214, Stanford: Stanford University Press.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative spellings

• chi̱chi (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃiːtʃi/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

[edit] Verb

chichi

1. (intransitive) To suckle.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 162r

     Mamar. ni,chichi.

[edit] Related terms

• chichihualli

[edit] References

• Karttunen, Frances (1983). An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, p. 47, Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002). Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., pp. 38, 244, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

chichi m. (plural chichis)

1. (vulgar) vulva