chích

See also: chich and ch'ich'

Middle Irish

Noun

chích f

Lenited form of cích.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cuk ~ *cuuk ~ *cuək ~ *cak ~ *ciik ~ *c(i)ək (“to prod; to pierce”); cognate with Khmer ចឹក (cək).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕïk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨ̞̠t̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɨ̞̠t̚˦˥]

Verb

chích

to prick
(dialectal, of an insect) to sting
(dialectal) to inject (medicine)

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