titi

See also: Titi, tití, títi, títí, tí ti, tí tị, and ƫiti

English

coppery titi Callicebus cuperus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːtiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːti

Etymology 1

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.

Derived terms

• dusky titi
• Madidi titi monkey
• Orabassu titi
• red-bellied titi

Further reading

• titi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callicebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Callicebus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. (New Zealand) Mutton bird.

Etymology 3

Noun

titi (plural titis)

1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes.
2. Any tree of the related genus Cyrilla.

Synonyms

• (Cliftonia monophylla): black titi, buckwheat tree, ironwood
• (tree of genus Cyrilla): white titi

Agutaynen

Noun

titi

1. nipple; breast; udder

Amis

Noun

titi

1. meat

References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Balinese

Romanization

titi

1. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬢᬶ (“bridge, a wooden plank”)
2. Romanization of ᬢᬶᬣᬶ (“lunar date”)

Bislama

Noun

titi

1. breast

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare didi.

Noun

titi

1. (childish) a baby bottle

Verb

titi

1. (childish) to nurse; to suck

Etymology 2

Compare tito.

Noun

titi

1. A respectful term of address to any familiar older man.

Etymology 3

Undetermined.

Verb

titi

1. to use up
2. to intrude; to meddle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ti/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

titi m (plural titis)

1. (colloquial) street urchin

   Synonyms: gavroche, poulbot

   les titis parisiens ― Parisian street urchins

Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Tupian language.

Noun

titi m (plural titis)

1. titi (New World monkey)

Further reading

• “titi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Guaraní

Noun

titi

1. breast

   Synonym: káma

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba títì (“street”), from English street.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tíː.tìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tíː.tìː]

Noun

tītī̀ m (plural tītunā̀, possessed form tītìn)

1. street

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay titi (“wooden bridge”), from Proto-Malayic *titi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Verb

titi (active meniti, passive dititi)

1. (only conjugated with "meng-", intransitive) to walk on small bridge
2. (only conjugated with "meng-", intransitive) to walk on small or tight way
3. (transitive) to live (to spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually)

   Synonym: jalani

Derived terms

• titian

 

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Javanese ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”), ultimately from Old Javanese titi (“arrangement, plan”)

• Old Javanese tata-titi (“arrangement, plan”), tatā (“arrangement; rule”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”).
• from back-formation of Old Javanese nīti (“tactful, prudent, wise”), from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”). Compare to Javanese ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “to examine; wise conduct, good policy”)

Adjective

titi

1. (dialectal) synonym of teliti (“thorough; conscientious”)

Derived terms

• teliti

 

Further reading

• “titi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Related to Estonian titt.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/, [ˈtʲitʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/, [ˈtid̥i]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titi

1. baby

Declension

Declension of titi (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	titi	titit
genitive	titin	tittiin, titilöin
partitive	tittiä	titijä, titilöjä
illative	tittii	tittii, titilöihe
inessive	titis	titiis, titilöis
elative	titist	titiist, titilöist
allative	titille	titiille, titilöille
adessive	titil	titiil, titilöil
ablative	titilt	titiilt, titilöilt
translative	titiks	titiiks, titilöiks
essive	titinnä, tittiin	titiinnä, titilöinnä, tittiin, titilöin
exessive1)	titint	titiint, titilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• titinvarpaiset

 

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/, [ˈtʲitʲi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/, [ˈtid̥i]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Noun

titi

1. Synonym of silmäterä

Declension

Declension of titi (type 5/vahti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	titi	titit
genitive	titin	tittiin, titilöin
partitive	tittiä	titijä, titilöjä
illative	tittii	tittii, titilöihe
inessive	titis	titiis, titilöis
elative	titist	titiist, titilöist
allative	titille	titiille, titilöille
adessive	titil	titiil, titilöil
ablative	titilt	titiilt, titilöilt
translative	titiks	titiiks, titilöiks
essive	titinnä, tittiin	titiinnä, titilöinnä, tittiin, titilöin
exessive1)	titint	titiint, titilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 584

Javanese

Romanization

titi

1. Romanization of ꦠꦶꦠꦶ

Kapampangan

Noun

titi

1. animal fat or lard derived from pork

Krio

Etymology

From Vai [Term?].

Noun

titi

1. girl

Lindu

Noun

titi

1. duck

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *titi (compare Indonesian titi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /titi/
• Rhymes: -iti, -ti, -i

Noun

titi (Jawi spelling تيتي, plural titi-titi, informal 1st possessive titiku, 2nd possessive titimu, 3rd possessive titinya)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Synonyms

• jambat
• jambatan
• titian

Descendants

• Indonesian: titi

Further reading

• “titi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mapudungun

Noun

titi (Raguileo spelling)

1. lead (metal)

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Homophone: tithi
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay, from Proto-Austronesian *taytay.

Noun

titi

1. footbridge

Etymology 2

Unknown

• from back-formation of Old Javanese nīti (“tactful, prudent, wise”), from Sanskrit नीति (nīti, “leading; behavior; policy, ethics”). Compare to Javanese ꦤꦶꦠꦶ (niti, “to examine; wise conduct, good policy”).
• Old Javanese tata-titi (“arrangement, plan”), tatā (“arrangement; rule”), from Sanskrit तथा (tathā, “in that manner”).

Noun

titi

1. arrangement, plan

Derived terms

• tata-titi

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦶꦠꦶ (titi, “careful, scrupulous, precise”)
  • → Indonesian: titi (“precise”)

Further reading

• "titi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Quechua

Adjective

titi

1. lead-colored, leaden

See also

Colors in Quechua · llimphikuna (layout · text)

yuraq	uqi	titi, yana
puka; panti	killmu, willapi, aruma (see also: q'illu); allqa, ch'umpi	q'illu
	q'umir, waylla
qhusi	uqi	anqas
panti	panti; kulli, sañi,

Noun

titi

1. lead
2. tin
3. A black-spotted barbet (Capito niger)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with thiti.

Declension

declension of titi

	singular	plural
nominative	titi	titikuna
accusative	titita	titikunata
dative	titiman	titikunaman
genitive	titip	titikunap
locative	titipi	titikunapi
terminative	titikama	titikunakama
ablative	titimanta	titikunamanta
instrumental	titiwan	titikunawan
comitative	titintin	titikunantin
abessive	titinnaq	titikunannaq
comparative	titihina	titikunahina
causative	titirayku	titikunarayku
benefactive	titipaq	titikunapaq
associative	titipura	titikunapura
distributive	titinka	titikunanka
exclusive	titilla	titikunalla

possessive forms of titi

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	titiy	titiykuna
accusative	titiyta	titiykunata
dative	titiyman	titiykunaman
genitive	titiypa	titiykunap
locative	titiypi	titiykunapi
terminative	titiykama	titiykunakama
ablative	titiymanta	titiykunamanta
instrumental	titiywan	titiykunawan
comitative	titiynintin	titiykunantin
abessive	titiyninnaq	titiykunannaq
comparative	titiyhina	titiykunahina
causative	titiyrayku	titiykunarayku
benefactive	titiypaq	titiykunapaq
associative	titiypura	titiykunapura
distributive	titiyninka	titiykunanka
exclusive	titiylla	titiykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	titiyki	titiykikuna
accusative	titiykita	titiykikunata
dative	titiykiman	titiykikunaman
genitive	titiykipa	titiykikunap
locative	titiykipi	titiykikunapi
terminative	titiykikama	titiykikunakama
ablative	titiykimanta	titiykikunamanta
instrumental	titiykiwan	titiykikunawan
comitative	titiykintin	titiykikunantin
abessive	titiykinnaq	titiykikunannaq
comparative	titiykihina	titiykikunahina
causative	titiykirayku	titiykikunarayku
benefactive	titiykipaq	titiykikunapaq
associative	titiykipura	titiykikunapura
distributive	titiykinka	titiykikunanka
exclusive	titiykilla	titiykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	titin	titinkuna
accusative	titinta	titinkunata
dative	titinman	titinkunaman
genitive	titinpa	titinkunap
locative	titinpi	titinkunapi
terminative	titinkama	titinkunakama
ablative	titinmanta	titinkunamanta
instrumental	titinwan	titinkunawan
comitative	titinintin	titinkunantin
abessive	titinninnaq	titinkunannaq
comparative	titinhina	titinkunahina
causative	titinrayku	titinkunarayku
benefactive	titinpaq	titinkunapaq
associative	titinpura	titinkunapura
distributive	titininka	titinkunanka
exclusive	titinlla	titinkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	titinchik	titinchikkuna
accusative	titinchikta	titinchikkunata
dative	titinchikman	titinchikkunaman
genitive	titinchikpa	titinchikkunap
locative	titinchikpi	titinchikkunapi
terminative	titinchikkama	titinchikkunakama
ablative	titinchikmanta	titinchikkunamanta
instrumental	titinchikwan	titinchikkunawan
comitative	titinchiknintin	titinchikkunantin
abessive	titinchikninnaq	titinchikkunannaq
comparative	titinchikhina	titinchikkunahina
causative	titinchikrayku	titinchikkunarayku
benefactive	titinchikpaq	titinchikkunapaq
associative	titinchikpura	titinchikkunapura
distributive	titinchikninka	titinchikkunanka
exclusive	titinchiklla	titinchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	titiyku	titiykukuna
accusative	titiykuta	titiykukunata
dative	titiykuman	titiykukunaman
genitive	titiykupa	titiykukunap
locative	titiykupi	titiykukunapi
terminative	titiykukama	titiykukunakama
ablative	titiykumanta	titiykukunamanta
instrumental	titiykuwan	titiykukunawan
comitative	titiykuntin	titiykukunantin
abessive	titiykunnaq	titiykukunannaq
comparative	titiykuhina	titiykukunahina
causative	titiykurayku	titiykukunarayku
benefactive	titiykupaq	titiykukunapaq
associative	titiykupura	titiykukunapura
distributive	titiykunka	titiykukunanka
exclusive	titiykulla	titiykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	titiykichik	titiykichikkuna
accusative	titiykichikta	titiykichikkunata
dative	titiykichikman	titiykichikkunaman
genitive	titiykichikpa	titiykichikkunap
locative	titiykichikpi	titiykichikkunapi
terminative	titiykichikkama	titiykichikkunakama
ablative	titiykichikmanta	titiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	titiykichikwan	titiykichikkunawan
comitative	titiykichiknintin	titiykichikkunantin
abessive	titiykichikninnaq	titiykichikkunannaq
comparative	titiykichikhina	titiykichikkunahina
causative	titiykichikrayku	titiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	titiykichikpaq	titiykichikkunapaq
associative	titiykichikpura	titiykichikkunapura
distributive	titiykichikninka	titiykichikkunanka
exclusive	titiykichiklla	titiykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	titinku	titinkukuna
accusative	titinkuta	titinkukunata
dative	titinkuman	titinkukunaman
genitive	titinkupa	titinkukunap
locative	titinkupi	titinkukunapi
terminative	titinkukama	titinkukunakama
ablative	titinkumanta	titinkukunamanta
instrumental	titinkuwan	titinkukunawan
comitative	titinkuntin	titinkukunantin
abessive	titinkunnaq	titinkukunannaq
comparative	titinkuhina	titinkukunahina
causative	titinkurayku	titinkukunarayku
benefactive	titinkupaq	titinkukunapaq
associative	titinkupura	titinkukunapura
distributive	titinkunka	titinkukunanka
exclusive	titinkulla	titinkukunalla

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ˈti/, [ti.ˈti]

Noun

titi

1. meat

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/ [ˈt̪i.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: ti‧ti

Noun

titi f (plural titis)

1. (slang, regional) chick (young lady)

Further reading

• “titi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

titi (ma class, plural matiti)

1. breast (female organ)

Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ti]

Noun

titi

1. a pig

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Indonesian titit (“penis”) and Hokkien 弟弟 (tî-tî, “penis”).

Alternative forms

• tite — colloquial

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtitiʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ], (colloquial) /ˈtiteʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -itiʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ti

Noun

titì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (anatomy, originally childish) penis

   Synonyms: utin, (vulgar) burat, (slang) bebot, (childish) putotoy, (slang) tarugo, (slang, euphemistic) ibon, (euphemistic) kinalalakinan

Derived terms

• etits

 

Etymology 2

Compare Hiligaynon titi (“to drain completely”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tiˈtiʔ/ [t̪ɪˈt̪iʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtitiʔ/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -itiʔ
• Syllabification: ti‧ti

Adjective

titî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. drained off drop by drop (of liquid)

   Synonym: pinatiti

Noun

titì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. act or manner of allowing to drip continuously (in order to drain or empty liquid in something)

See also

• tiktik

 

Etymology 3

Compare Cebuano titi (“baby bottle”), Hiligaynon titi (“nipple; feeding bottle”), and Malay tetek (“breast; breastfeeding”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtiti/ [ˈt̪iː.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -iti
• Syllabification: ti‧ti

Noun

titi (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (childish) milk or milk bottle

   Synonyms: dede, tete

Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ti]

Noun

titi

1. the base, bottom

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ti]

Verb

titi

1. (transitive) to carry

Conjugation

Conjugation of titi
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totiti	fotiti	mititi
2nd	notiti	nititi
3rd	Masculine	otiti	ititi, yotiti†
Feminine	motiti
Neuter	ititi
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tí.tí/

Adverb

títí

1. for a long time
2. until

Etymology 2

From English street.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tí.tì/

Noun

títì

1. street

   Synonyms: ọnà, òpópónà

Descendants

• → Hausa: tītī̀