chích

See also: chich and ch'ich'

Middle Irish

Noun

chích f

Lenited form of cích.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕïk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨt̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɨt̚˦˥]

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 • (刺)

to prick; to pierce; to puncture
(Southern Vietnam, of an insect) to sting
Synonym: đốt
(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, 鶺)

(zoology) an acrocephalid warbler (a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae)
(zoology, by extension) any bird of the superfamily Sylvioidea

Derived terms

ba hoa chích choè (to boast frivolously)
chích choè (magpie-robin)
chim chích (acrocephalid warbler)

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