chichí

See also: chichi, chíchí, and Chichi

Papantla Totonac

Etymology

Cognate with Highland Totonac chichiꞌ, Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac chichíꞌ. C.f. Classical Nahuatl chichi.

Noun

chichí

1. dog

References

• [Aschmann, Hermann P.; Aschmann, Elizabeth] (1973) Diccionario totonaco de Papantla, Veracruz: Totonaco — español, español — totonaco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 16)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 21, 141, 234

Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

chichí m (plural chichís or chichíes)

1. (colloquial, often childish) pee

   Synonyms: pipí, pichí

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chichi (“suckle”).

Noun

chichí m (plural chichís or chichíes)

1. Alternative form of chichi

Further reading

• “chichí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28