different between kiki vs kaikai

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): /?ki?ki?/

Noun

kiki (plural kikis)

1. (LGBT, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
2. (LGBT, 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 kiki-ing, simple past and past participle kikied)

1. (LGBT, slang, US) To meet with friends without any agenda or goals.

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

Synonyms

• (childish, a penis): zizi m

Derived terms

• c'est parti mon kiki

Further reading

• “kiki” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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. R?maji transcription of ??

Quechua

Adjective

kiki

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

See also

• kikin

Tagalog

Noun

kikì

1. (informal, anatomy) vulva

Synonyms

• puki

English

Noun

kaikai (uncountable)

1. Nigerian gin

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages)

Noun

kaikai

1. food

Derived terms

• pikinini bilong kaikai

Verb

kaikai intrans., transitive kaikaim

1. eat

Usage notes

This is one of the only Tok Pisin verbs that may take a direct object but does not terminate in -im.

See also

• kai
• kaikaim

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

kaikai

1. food