ちっちゃい
Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 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]| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 2006
- ^ “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