yiyi

See also: yīyī, yīyì, yíyī, yìyǐ, yìyì, and yìyi

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *eːyɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pahi. Cf. Classical Nahuatl ēyi.

Numeral

yiyi

1. three

Related terms

• yexcan

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)‎^[1] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 253

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝiʝi/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ʝi]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝiʝi/ [ˈɟ͡ʝi.ʝi]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃiʃi/ [ˈʃi.ʃi]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒiʒi/ [ˈʒi.ʒi]

• Rhymes: -iʝi
• Syllabification: yi‧yi

Noun

yiyi f (plural yiyis)

1. (Paraguay, colloquial) hotty; sheila; dame (young attractive lady)