ちっちゃい
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Japanese
[edit]Alternative spelling |
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小っちゃい |
Etymology
[edit]Sound shift from 小さい (chīsai).[1][2][3]
First attested in 1794.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ちっちゃい • (chitchai) -i (adverbial ちっちゃく (chitchaku))
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of ちっちゃい
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | ちっちゃかろ | chitchakaro | |
Continuative (連用形) | ちっちゃく | chitchaku | |
Terminal (終止形) | ちっちゃい | chitchai | |
Attributive (連体形) | ちっちゃい | chitchai | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | ちっちゃけれ | chitchakere | |
Imperative (命令形) | ちっちゃかれ | chitchakare | |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | ちっちゃくない | chitchaku nai | |
Informal past | ちっちゃかった | chitchakatta | |
Informal negative past | ちっちゃくなかった | chitchaku nakatta | |
Formal | ちっちゃいです | chitchai desu | |
Formal negative | ちっちゃくないです | chitchaku nai desu | |
Formal past | ちっちゃかったです | chitchakatta desu | |
Formal negative past | ちっちゃくなかったです | chitchaku nakatta desu | |
Conjunctive | ちっちゃくて | chitchakute | |
Conditional | ちっちゃければ | chitchakereba | |
Provisional | ちっちゃかったら | chitchakattara | |
Volitional | ちっちゃかろう | chitchakarō | |
Adverbial | ちっちゃく | chitchaku | |
Degree | ちっちゃさ | chitchasa |
Synonyms
[edit]- 小っこい (chikkoi)
Antonyms
[edit]- 大っきい (okkii)
Derived terms
[edit]- ちっちゃな (chitchana)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “小”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ “小っちゃい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN