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Northern Puebla Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Cf. Classical Nahuatl ēyi.
Numeral
yiyi
- three
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42) (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 253
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝiʝi/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃiʃi/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒiʒi/
- Rhymes: -iʝi
- Syllabification: yi‧yi
Noun
yiyi f (plural yiyis)
- (Paraguay, colloquial) hotty; sheila; dame (young attractive lady)