ちっこい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
小っこい

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちっこ​い [chìkkóꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥k̚ko̞i]

Adjective

ちっこい • (chikkoi) -i (adverbial ちっこく (chikkoku))

  1. teeny; tiny
    • 2004 April 16, CLAMP, “Chapitre(シャピトル).35(さんじゅうご) 戻(もど)らない対(たい)価(か) [Chapitre 35: Irreversible Trade-Off]”, in ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ (ツバサ ＲＥＳＥＲＶｏｉｒ ＣＨＲｏＮｉＣＬＥ) [Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle], volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 169:
      名(な)前(まえ)は『おっきいワンコ』と『ちっこいわんこ』
      Namae wa “Okkii Wanko” to “Chikkoi Wanko”
      Your names are ‘Biggy Woofy’ and ‘Teeny Arfy’

Inflection
Inflection of ちっこい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ちっこかろ chikkokaro
Continuative (連用形) ちっこく chikkoku
Terminal (終止形) ちっこい chikkoi
Attributive (連体形) ちっこい chikkoi
Hypothetical (仮定形) ちっこけれ chikkokere
Imperative (命令形) ちっこかれ chikkokare
Key constructions
Informal negative ちっこくない chikkoku nai
Informal past ちっこかった chikkokatta
Informal negative past ちっこくなかった chikkoku nakatta
Formal ちっこいです chikkoi desu
Formal negative ちっこくないです chikkoku nai desu
Formal past ちっこかったです chikkokatta desu
Formal negative past ちっこくなかったです chikkoku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ちっこくて chikkokute
Conditional ちっこければ chikkokereba
Provisional ちっこかったら chikkokattara
Volitional ちっこかろう chikkokarō
Adverbial ちっこく chikkoku
Degree ちっこさ chikkosa

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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