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kiki

See also: Kiki, kīkī, and ki-ki

English

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Etymology

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In the sense "lesbian who is neither butch nor femme", sometimes said to mean "neither-nor" in some language; related to kai kai (“sexual activity between drag queens”); see that entry for more. In the sense "a gathering for gossiping and chit-chat", perhaps imitative of giggling.

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Noun

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kiki (plural kikis)

  1. (LGBT, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
    • 2012 September 11, Scissor Sisters (lyrics and music), “Let's Have a Kiki”, in Magic Hour‎[1], track 6:
      Let's have a kiki / I wanna have a kiki / Lock the doors tight / Let's have a kiki
    • 2016 April 22, Lucian Piane (lyrics and music), “Pray & Slay”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Rusical‎[2]:
      Get on my knees and have a kiki with Jesus
  2. (LGBT, US, derogatory, dated or historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme. [from the 1940s through the 1970s]

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Verb

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kiki (third-person singular simple present kikis, present participle kiki-ing, simple past and past participle kikied)

  1. (LGBT, slang, US) To meet with friends without any agenda or goals.
    • 2010, David Carter, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution, page 130:
      We spent a whole lot of time kiki'ing around—fooling around.
    • 2016, Andy Cohen, Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries:
      Went home, changed for my show, kikied with Bruce and walked over to the apartment for my weekly meeting and Sally was just walking into the building from Sirius.
    • 2019 September 5, Ana Colón, “How Two Women Turned $12 Into the Curvy Con, the Biggest Plus-Size Event at Fashion Week”, in Glamour:
      “I still had my corporate job, so we would talk on GChat all day while I was at work,” says Olisa. (She’s still based in New York; Garner Valentine has since relocated to Georgia. Both are in their 30s.) “To the outside world, I was working diligently, but I was really kiki-ing with my friend.”

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Adjective

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kiki

  1. small

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Cebuano

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Noun

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kiki

  1. tartar; calculus

Etymology 2

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Reduplication of ki, from puki.

Noun

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kiki

  1. the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

Etymology 3

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Reduplication of ki, from lalaki.

Noun

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kiki

  1. a boy or man

French

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Noun

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kiki m (plural kikis)

  1. (dated) throat
  2. (childish) penis
    • 1966, La facture du diable, Francis L. Séjour-Magloire, page 73:
      Il regarda son kiki bander comme un arc.
      He watched his willy go hard like an arch.
    • 1986, Mustapha Raïth, Palpitations intra-muros, →ISBN, page 194:
      Il en pleura longtemps parce qu’il avait l’impression que ce monsieur lui avait volé un bout de son kiki.
      He cried over it for a long time because he had the impression that this man had stolen a part of his willy.
    • 2002, Gilles Antonowicz, Agressions sexuelles: la réponse judiciaire, →ISBN, page 133:
      C’est ce qu’il faisait avec son kiki, il le mettait partout, dans la bouche, c’était pas bon, berk […]
      That's what he did with his willy, he put it everywhere, in his mouth, it wasn't good, yuck

Synonyms

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  • (childish, a penis): zizi m

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Hawaiian

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Noun

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kiki

  1. plug

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kiki

  1. to sting

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  • Pukui-Elbert: Hawaiian Dictionary 1985

Jamamadí

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Verb

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kiki

  1. (Banawá) to look to the side

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kiki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きき

Quechua

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Adjective

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kiki

  1. (pronominal) oneself, same, equal, identical

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kick.

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Noun

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kiki (n class, plural kiki)

  1. (sports) kick (football)
    Synonym: mkwaju

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Reduplication of the last syllable of puki.

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Noun

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kikì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. (informal, anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: puke
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Etymology 2

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From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1972).

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Noun

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kikí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. expulsion from the mouth by pushing out with the tongue
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References

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  • “kiki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 85

Further reading

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  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 283

Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiskis, compare Malay kikis.

Verb

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kiki

  1. to scale (remove scales of fish)

West Makian

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Etymology

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Said by Voorhoeve to be from Malay gigit.

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Verb

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kiki

  1. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kiki (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tekiki mekiki akiki
2nd person nekiki fekiki
3rd person inanimate ikiki dekiki
animate
imperative nikiki, kiki fikiki, kiki

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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