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ćhib

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See also: chib and čhib

Romani

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Caló: chipí

References

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  • 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