chích

See also: chich and ch'ich'

Middle Irish

Noun

chích f

  1. Lenited form of cích.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuk ~ *cuuk ~ *cuək ~ *cak ~ *ciik ~ *c(i)ək (to prod; to pierce); cognate with Khmer ចឹក (cək).

Verb

chích • ()

  1. to prick; to pierce; to puncture
  2. (Southern Vietnam, of an insect) to sting
    Synonym: đốt
  3. (Southern Vietnam) to inject (medicine)
    Synonym: tiêm
Derived terms
  • châm chích (to sting; taunt)
  • chích choác (to inject drugs)
  • hút chích (to use drugs)
  • tiêm chích (to inject)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from ety1?”)

Noun

chích • (𬷩, 𪇪, )

  1. (zoology) an acrocephalid warbler (a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae)
  2. (zoology, by extension) any bird of the superfamily Sylvioidea
Derived terms
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