kiki

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See also: Kiki, kīkī, and ki-ki

English

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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): /ˈkiːkiː/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːkiː

Noun

kiki (plural kikis)

  1. (LGBT, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
    • 2012 September 11, Scissor Sisters (lyrics and music), “Let's Have a Kiki”, in Magic Hour‎, track 6:
      Let's have a kiki / I wanna have a kiki / Lock the doors tight / Let's have a kiki
    • 2016 April 22, Lucian Piane (lyrics and music), “Pray & Slay”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Rusical‎:
      Get on my knees and have a kiki with Jesus
  2. (LGBT, US, derogatory, dated or historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme.

Alternative forms

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.
    • 2010, David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, page 130:
      We spent a whole lot of time kiki'ing around—fooling around.
    • 2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries:
      Went home, changed for my show, kikied with Bruce and walked over to the apartment for my weekly meeting and Sally was just walking into the building from Sirius.
    • 2019 September 5, Ana Colón, “How Two Women Turned $12 Into the Curvy Con, the Biggest Plus-Size Event at Fashion Week”, in Glamour:
      “I still had my corporate job, so we would talk on GChat all day while I was at work,” says Olisa. (She’s still based in New York; Garner Valentine has since relocated to Georgia. Both are in their 30s.) “To the outside world, I was working diligently, but I was really kiki-ing with my friend.”

Blagar

Adjective

kiki

  1. small

References

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

Noun

kiki m (plural kikis)

  1. (dated) throat
  2. (childish) penis
    • 1966, La facture du diable, Francis L. Séjour-Magloire, page 73:
      Il regarda son kiki bander comme un arc.
      He watched his willy go hard like an arch.
    • 1986, Mustapha Raïth, Palpitations intra-muros, →ISBN, page 194:
      Il en pleura longtemps parce qu’il avait l’impression que ce monsieur lui avait volé un bout de son kiki.
      He cried over it for a long time because he had the impression that this man had stolen a part of his willy.
    • 2002, Gilles Antonowicz, Agressions sexuelles: la réponse judiciaire, →ISBN, page 133:
      C’est ce qu’il faisait avec son kiki, il le mettait partout, dans la bouche, c’était pas bon, berk […]
      That's what he did with his willy, he put it everywhere, in his mouth, it wasn't good, yuck

Synonyms

  • (childish, a penis): zizi m

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

kiki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きき

Quechua

Adjective

kiki

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

See also

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English kick.

Pronunciation

Noun

kiki (n class, plural kiki)

  1. (sports) kick (football)
    Synonym: mkwaju

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Reduplication of the last syllable of puki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkikiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ki

Noun

kikì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. (informal, anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: puke
See also

Etymology 2

From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1972).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈki/,
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ki

Noun

kikí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. expulsion from the mouth by pushing out with the tongue
See also

References

  • “kiki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 85

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles, Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 283

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiskis, compare Malay kikis.

Verb

kiki

  1. to scale (remove scales of fish)

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Voorhoeve to be from Malay gigit.

Pronunciation

Verb

kiki

  1. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

Conjugation of kiki (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tekiki mekiki akiki
2nd person nekiki fekiki
3rd person inanimate ikiki dekiki
animate
imperative nikiki, kiki fikiki, kiki

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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