ちっちゃい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
小っちゃい

Etymology

Sound shift from 小(ちい)さい (chīsai).[1][2][3]

First attested in 1794.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちっちゃ​い [chìtcháꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕi̥t̚t͡ɕa̠i]

Adjective

ちっちゃい • (chitchai) -i (adverbial ちっちゃく (chitchaku))

  1. [from 1794] (childish) Alternative form of 小さい (chīsai, “small, little”)

Inflection
Inflection of ちっちゃい
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ちっちゃかろ chitchakaro
Continuative (連用形) ちっちゃく chitchaku
Terminal (終止形) ちっちゃい chitchai
Attributive (連体形) ちっちゃい chitchai
Hypothetical (仮定形) ちっちゃけれ chitchakere
Imperative (命令形) ちっちゃかれ chitchakare
Key constructions
Informal negative ちっちゃくない chitchaku nai
Informal past ちっちゃかった chitchakatta
Informal negative past ちっちゃくなかった chitchaku nakatta
Formal ちっちゃいです chitchai desu
Formal negative ちっちゃくないです chitchaku nai desu
Formal past ちっちゃかったです chitchakatta desu
Formal negative past ちっちゃくなかったです chitchaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ちっちゃくて chitchakute
Conditional ちっちゃければ chitchakereba
Provisional ちっちゃかったら chitchakattara
Volitional ちっちゃかろう chitchakarō
Adverbial ちっちゃく chitchaku
Degree ちっちゃさ chitchasa

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References
  1. “小”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “小っちゃい”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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