चुचि

Sanskrit

Of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of sucking sounds; compare चूष् (cūṣ, “to suck”) and चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”), as well as Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”) and German Zitze (“teat”) for similar formations across Indo-European.

चुचि • (cuci) stem, m

Masculine i-stem declension of चुचि (cuci)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चुचिः cuciḥ	चुची cucī	चुचयः cucayaḥ
Vocative	चुचे cuce	चुची cucī	चुचयः cucayaḥ
Accusative	चुचिम् cucim	चुची cucī	चुचीन् cucīn
Instrumental	चुचिना / चुच्या¹ cucinā / cucyā¹	चुचिभ्याम् cucibhyām	चुचिभिः cucibhiḥ
Dative	चुचये cucaye	चुचिभ्याम् cucibhyām	चुचिभ्यः cucibhyaḥ
Ablative	चुचेः / चुच्यः¹ cuceḥ / cucyaḥ¹	चुचिभ्याम् cucibhyām	चुचिभ्यः cucibhyaḥ
Genitive	चुचेः / चुच्यः¹ cuceḥ / cucyaḥ¹	चुच्योः cucyoḥ	चुचीनाम् cucīnām
Locative	चुचौ / चुचा¹ cucau / cucā¹	चुच्योः cucyoḥ	चुचिषु cuciṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “चुचि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-3