kiki

See also: Kiki, kīkī, and ki-ki

English

Etymology

In the sense "lesbian who is neither butch nor femme", sometimes said to mean "neither-nor" in some language; related to kai kai (“sexual activity between drag queens”); see that entry for more. In the sense "a gathering for gossiping and chit-chat", perhaps imitative of giggling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːkiː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -iːkiː

Noun

kiki (plural kikis)

1. (LGBTQ, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
   • 2012 September 11, Scissor Sisters, “Let's Have a Kiki”, in Magic Hour‎^[1], track 6:

     Let's have a kiki / I wanna have a kiki / Lock the doors tight / Let's have a kiki

   • 2016 April 22, Lucian Piane, “Pray & Slay”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Rusical‎^[2]:

     Get on my knees and have a kiki with Jesus

2. (LGBTQ, US, derogatory, dated or historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme. [from the 1940s through the 1970s]
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kiki.

Alternative forms

• ki-ki

Verb

kiki (third-person singular simple present kikis, present participle kikiing or kiki-ing, simple past and past participle kikied)

1. (LGBTQ, slang, US) To meet with friends without any agenda or goals.
   • 2010, David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, page 130:

     We spent a whole lot of time kiki'ing around—fooling around.

   • 2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries:

     Went home, changed for my show, kikied with Bruce and walked over to the apartment for my weekly meeting and Sally was just walking into the building from Sirius.

   • 2019 September 5, Ana Colón, “How Two Women Turned $12 Into the Curvy Con, the Biggest Plus-Size Event at Fashion Week”, in Glamour:

     “I still had my corporate job, so we would talk on GChat all day while I was at work,” says Olisa. (She’s still based in New York; Garner Valentine has since relocated to Georgia. Both are in their 30s.) “To the outside world, I was working diligently, but I was really kiki-ing with my friend.”

Blagar

Adjective

kiki

1. small

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

kiki

1. tartar; calculus

Etymology 2

Reduplication of ki, from puki.

Noun

kiki

1. the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Etymology 3

Reduplication of ki, from lalaki.

Noun

kiki

1. a boy or man

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ki/

Noun

kiki m (plural kikis)

1. (dated) throat
2. (childish) penis
   • 1966, La facture du diable, Francis L. Séjour-Magloire, page 73:

     Il regarda son kiki bander comme un arc.

     He watched his willy go hard like an arch.

   • 1986, Mustapha Raïth, Palpitations intra-muros, →ISBN, page 194:

     Il en pleura longtemps parce qu’il avait l’impression que ce monsieur lui avait volé un bout de son kiki.

     He cried over it for a long time because he had the impression that this man had stolen a part of his willy.

   • 2002, Gilles Antonowicz, Agressions sexuelles: la réponse judiciaire, →ISBN, page 133:

     C'est ce qu'il faisait avec son kiki, il le mettait partout, dans la bouche, c'était pas bon, berk […]

     That's what he did with his willy, he put it everywhere, in his mouth, it wasn't good, yuck

Synonyms

• (childish, a penis): zizi m

Derived terms

• c'est parti mon kiki

Further reading

• “kiki”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Gurindji

Noun

kiki

1. star

References

• Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

Hawaiian

Noun

kiki

1. plug

Verb

kiki

1. to sting

References

• Pukui-Elbert: Hawaiian Dictionary 1985

Jamamadí

Verb

kiki

1. (Banawá) to look to the side

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

kiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of きき

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiki/ [ˈkiː.ki̞] (“calling chickens”)
  • Rhymes: -iki
• IPA^(key): /kiˈki/ [kiˈki̞] (“chirp”)
  • Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ki‧ki

Noun

kíki

1. act of calling chickens

Derived terms

• kiki ka
• mankiki

Noun

kikí

1. act of chirping like a sammoti bird

Derived terms

• mankiki

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “kiki”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 228

Quechua

Adjective

kiki

1. (pronominal) oneself, same, equal, identical

See also

• kikin

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English kick.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

kiki class IX (plural kiki class X)

1. (sports) kick (football)

   Synonym: mkwaju

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Reduplication of the last syllable of puki.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkikiʔ/ [ˈkiː.xɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ikiʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧ki

Noun

kikì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

1. (informal, anatomy) vulva

   Synonym: puke

See also

• kikyam

Etymology 2

From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1972).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈki/ [kɪˈxɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ki‧ki

Noun

kikí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

1. expulsion from the mouth by pushing out with the tongue

See also

• buga
• luwa
• suka

References

• “kiki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 85

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 283

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiskis, compare Malay kikis.

Verb

kiki

1. to scale (remove scales of fish)

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Voorhoeve to be from Malay gigit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ki/

Verb

kiki

1. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of kiki (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tekiki	mekiki	akiki
2nd person		nekiki	fekiki
3rd person	inanimate	ikiki	dekiki
	animate
imperative		nikiki, kiki	fikiki, kiki

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics