chistu

Neapolitan

Determiner

chistu (feminine chesta, masculine plural chisti, feminine plural cheste)

1. alternative form of chisto (“this”)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• cuistu, quistu (Salintinu)

Etymology

From Latin (ec)cistu(m), contraction of eccum (“here he is”) +‎ iste (“he, that”). Compare Corsican questu, Italian questo, Neapolitan chisto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.st̪u/, [ˈki.st̪u], [ˈki.ʃt̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ist̪u, -iʃt̪ʊ
• Hyphenation: chì‧stu

Adjective

chistu (feminine singular chista, masculine and feminine plural chisti)

1. this

Pronoun

chistu m (f chista, plural chisti)

1. this, this one

Derived terms

• sta
• sti
• stu

See also

• cca
• chissu
• chiḍḍu
• ḍḍocu
• ḍḍà

Spanish

Alternative forms

• txistu

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque txistu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃistu/ [ˈt͡ʃis.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -istu
• Syllabification: chis‧tu

Noun

chistu m (plural chistus)

1. (music) a type of three-hole flute from the Basque Country

Further reading

• “chistu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025