chích

See also: chich and ch'ich'

Middle Irish

Noun

chích f

1. 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)

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, 鶺)

1. (zoology) an acrocephalid warbler (a songbird of the family Acrocephalidae)
2. (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)