titi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːtiː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -iːti

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.

Derived terms

• dusky titi
• Madidi titi monkey
• Orabassu titi
• red-bellied titi

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 tree of the related 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

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Balinese

Romanization

titi

1. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬢᬶ (“bridge, a wooden plank”)
2. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬣᬶ (“lunar date”)

Bislama

Noun

titi

1. breast

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

   les titis parisiens ― Parisian street urchins

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 , 2012.

Guaraní

Noun

titi

1. breast

   Synonym: káma

Hausa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tíː.tìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

tītī̀ m (plural tītunā̀, possessed form tītìn)

1. street

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti, -i

Etymology 1

inherited from Malay titi (“wooden bridge”), from Proto-Malayic *titi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Verb

titi (base-imperative titi, active meniti, passive dititi)

1. base imperative of meniti

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”), ultimately from Old Javanese titi (“arrangement, plan”)

• Old Javanese tata-titi (“arrangement, plan”), tatā (“arrangement; rule”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”).
• from back-formation of Old Javanese nīti (“tactful, prudent, wise”), from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”). Compare to Javanese ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “to examine; wise conduct, good policy”).

Adjective

titi

1. (dialect) synonym of teliti.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “titi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Related to Estonian titt.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/,
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titi

1. baby

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/,
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titi

1. Synonym of silmäterä

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 584

Javanese

Romanization

titi

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦠꦶ

Kapampangan

Noun

titi

1. animal fat or lard derived from pork

Krio

Etymology

From Vai .

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 (Jawi spelling تيتي, plural titi-titi, informal 1st possessive titiku, 2nd possessive titimu, 3rd possessive titinya)

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

Synonyms

• jambat
• jambatan
• titian

Descendants

• Indonesian: titi

Further reading

• “titi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mapudungun

Noun

titi (Raguileo spelling)

1. lead (metal)

References

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

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Homophone: tithi
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Noun

titi

1. footbridge

Etymology 2

Unknown

• from back-formation of Old Javanese nīti (“tactful, prudent, wise”), from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”). Compare to Javanese ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “to examine; wise conduct, good policy”).
• Old Javanese tata-titi (“arrangement, plan”), tatā (“arrangement; rule”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”).

Noun

titi

1. arrangement, plan

Derived terms

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”)
  • → Indonesian: titi (“precise”)

Further reading

• "titi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ˈti/,

Noun

titi

1. meat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: ti‧ti

Noun

titi f (plural titis)

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

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

titi (ma class, plural matiti)

1. breast (female organ)

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

titi

1. a pig

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

titi

Wikipedia ^tl

Etymology 1

Compare Indonesian titit (“penis”) and Hokkien 弟弟 (tî-tî, “penis”).

Alternative forms

• tite — colloquial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtitiʔ/,

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiteʔ/, (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (anatomy, originally childish) penis

   Synonyms: utin, (vulgar) burat, (slang) bebot, (childish) putotoy, (slang) tarugo, (slang, euphemistic) ibon, (euphemistic) kinalalakinan

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Hiligaynon titi (“to drain completely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtiʔ/, (adjective)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtitiʔ/, (noun)
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Adjective

titî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. drained off drop by drop (of liquid)

   Synonym: pinatiti

Noun

titì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. act or manner of allowing to drip continuously (in order to drain or empty liquid in something)

See also

Etymology 3

Compare Cebuano titi (“baby bottle”), Hiligaynon titi (“nipple; feeding bottle”), and Malay tetek (“breast; breastfeeding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/,
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titi (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (childish) milk or milk bottle

   Synonyms: dede, tete

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

titi

1. the base, bottom

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

titi

1. (transitive) to carry

Conjugation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tí.tí/

Adverb

títí

1. for a long time
2. until

Etymology 2

From English street.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tí.tì/

Noun

títì

1. street

   Synonyms: ọnà, òpópónà

Descendants

• → Hausa: tītī̀