cici
Hungarian
Etymology
Sound-symbolic.[1] Compare German Zitze, Serbo-Croatian сиса, Bulgarian ци́ца (cíca), Polish cycek, Czech cecek, Hebrew ציצי (tsítsi), Romanian țâță, Italian zizza etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sit͡si]
- Hyphenation: ci‧ci
- Rhymes: -t͡si
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | cici | cicik |
| accusative | cicit | ciciket |
| dative | cicinek | ciciknek |
| instrumental | cicivel | cicikkel |
| causal-final | ciciért | cicikért |
| translative | cicivé | cicikké |
| terminative | ciciig | cicikig |
| essive-formal | ciciként | cicikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ciciben | cicikben |
| superessive | cicin | ciciken |
| adessive | cicinél | ciciknél |
| illative | cicibe | cicikbe |
| sublative | cicire | cicikre |
| allative | cicihez | cicikhez |
| elative | ciciből | cicikből |
| delative | ciciről | cicikről |
| ablative | cicitől | ciciktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cicié | ciciké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ciciéi | cicikéi |
| Possessive forms of cici | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | cicim | cicijeim |
| 2nd person sing. | cicid | cicijeid |
| 3rd person sing. | cicije | cicijei |
| 1st person plural | cicink | cicijeink |
| 2nd person plural | cicitek | cicijeitek |
| 3rd person plural | cicijük | cicijeik |
References
- cici in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations
Further reading
- cici in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- cici in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κίκι (kíki), itself from Egyptian kꜣkꜣ.
References
- “cici”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cici in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جیجی (cici), reduplication of onomatopoeic ci.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒi/
- Hyphenation: ci‧ci
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒɪ
Further reading
- chapter CICI, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cici”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cici”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 811
Yilan Creole
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