titit

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay titit. Compare Sundanese titit, Tagalog titi, Cebuano tintin, & Hokkien 弟弟 (tî-tî / tī-tī / tī-tî / tih-tih, “euphemism or slang term for penis”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtitit/ [ˈt̪i.t̪ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -itit
• Syllabification: ti‧tit

Noun

titit (plural titit-titit)

1. (colloquial, childish, mildly vulgar) penis

Usage notes

• Never used in scientific and medical contexts. Does not have any other uses, unlike English dick.
• Less vulgar than kontol & peler.

Further reading

• “titit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtitit/ [ˈtiː.ti̞t̚] (“bird”)
  • Rhymes: -itit
• IPA^(key): /tiˈtit/ [tiˈti̞t̚] (“chirping”)
  • Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: ti‧tit

Noun

títit

1. bird
2. (of mice) hissing

Derived terms

• mantitit

Noun

titít

1. (of birds) chirp, twitter
   • 2000 & 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Kalin Diyos‎, Translators Association of the Philippines, Inc., →ISBN, Proverbs 23:5:

     Tan adi ka ammo yan bigla ay tomayaw din pilak mo ay kaman din titit ay agila.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• mantitit

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of titit

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	titit, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) totot

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “títit”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 473
• Allen, Larry (2021), “titit”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Karao

Noun

titit

1. bird

Sundanese

Noun

titit

1. (childish) penis
2. duckling or gosling
   • 1930, “Tatanen — Dagang — Karadjinan”, in Volksalmanak Soenda XII, Bale Poestaka, Dagang titit dina ĕndog, page 229:

     Di Tiongkok Kidul, geus ilahar pisan toekang mĕri teh sok ngadjaroealan titit dina ĕndogna keneh

     [Di Tiongkok Kidul, geus ilahar pisan tukang meri téh sok ngajarualan titit dina endogna kénéh]

     In Southern China, it is common to find duck vendors selling ducklings while they are still in the egg.