ćhib

See also: chib and čhib

Romani

Alternative forms

• shib (Anglicized)
• čhib, śib, șib (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀸 (jibbhā), from Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā, “tongue”). Compare Hindi जीभ (jībh, “tongue”) and Punjabi ਜੀਭ (jībh, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰip/

Noun

ćhib f inan (nominative plural ćhibǎ or ćhiba) (International Standard)

1. tongue
2. language

   Ame na kam bistaras amari ćhib.

   We won't forget our language.

Derived terms

• rromani ćhib

Descendants

• Caló: chipí
• Kalo Finnish Romani: tšimb

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jihvāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 288
• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “čhib”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 56
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i ćhib¹, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -en- = e ćhib²³, -a-, ʒ. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “ćhib, ~ǎ (~a)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147