different between kiki vs titi

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?ti?/

Etymology 1

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.

Further reading

• titi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callicebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Callicebus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. (New Zealand) Mutton bird.

Etymology 3

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes.
2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla.

Synonyms

• (Cliftonia monophylla): black titi, buckwheat tree, ironwood
• (tree of genus Cyrilla): white titi

Agutaynen

Noun

titi

1. nipple; breast; udder

Amis

Noun

titi

1. meat

References

2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare didi.

Noun

titi

1. (childish) a baby bottle

Verb

titi

1. (childish) to nurse; to suck

Etymology 2

Compare tito.

Noun

titi

1. A respectful term of address to any familiar older man.

Etymology 3

Undetermined.

Verb

titi

1. to use up
2. to intrude; to meddle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ti/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

titi m (plural titis)

1. (colloquial) street urchin

   Synonyms: gavroche, poulbot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Tupian language.

Noun

titi m (plural titis)

1. titi (New World monkey)

Further reading

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

Guaraní

Noun

titi

1. breast

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba títì (“street”), from English street.

Noun

t?t?? m (plural t?tun??, possessed form t?tìn)

1. street

Krio

Etymology

From Vai [Term?].

Noun

titi

1. girl

Lindu

Noun

titi

1. duck

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *titi (compare Indonesian titi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /titi/
• Rhymes: -iti, -ti, -i

Noun

titi

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Synonyms

• titian
• jambat
• jambatan

Descendants

• Indonesian: titi

Mapudungun

Noun

titi (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. lead (metal)

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Quechua

Adjective

titi

1. lead-colored, leaden

See also

Noun

titi

1. lead
2. tin
3. A black-spotted barbet (Capito niger)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with thiti.

Declension

Sakizaya

Noun

titi

1. meat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?titi/, [?t?i.t?i]

Noun

titi f (plural titis)

1. (slang, regional) chick (young lady)

Pronunciation

• “titi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

titi (ma class, plural matiti)

1. breast (female organ)

Tagalog

Probably borrowed from Hokkien ?? (tî-tî / t?-t? / t?-tî / tih-tih, “euphemistic or slang term for penis”)

Noun

titì

1. (anatomy, usually childish) penis

Usage notes

Titi is the usual term for the penis, but may also be used in children's settings (similar to its Indonesian cognate titit). It is less vulgar than the synonymous "burat".

Synonyms

• burat (vulgar)
• putotoy
• tarugo
• ibon (slang, euphemistic)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Adverb

títí

1. for a long time
2. until

Etymology 2

From English street.

Noun

títí

1. street

Descendants

• ? Hausa: t?t??