# chicha
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːt͡ʃə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

#### Noun

chicha (countable and uncountable, plural chichas)
* A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From a popular song entitled La Chichera (“the chicha seller”), referring to the fermented beverage.

#### Noun

chicha (uncountable)
* (music) A genre of popular Peruvian music related to cumbia and native Peruvian huayno.

### Further reading

* chicha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Peruvian cumbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Chachi

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃi.ʃa/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Turkish şişe, from Persian شیشه (šiša, “glass, mirror”).

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* shisha
    Coordinate term: narguilé

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* chicha

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* xixa (Eastern Galician)

### Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Related to Spanish chicha, Italian ciccia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -itʃa
* Hyphenation: chi‧cha

### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* meat
    Synonyms: carne, freba
* mincemeat
    Synonym: zorza
* (figurative) flesh

#### Related terms

* chichar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chicha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chicha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chicha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “salchicha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃɐ/
* Hyphenation: chi‧cha

### Etymology 1

From Spanish chicha.

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* (colloquial) meat; flesh

##### Related terms

* chichi

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* (colloquial) gloss (interlinear note to help translate or interpret a text)
    Tinha a página do livro pejada de chichas.The page of the book was littered with glosses.

##### Related terms

* cábula
* chichar

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chicha
* inflection of chichar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chicha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “chicha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “chicha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -itʃa
* Syllabification: chi‧cha

### Etymology 1

Probably from Latin īnsicia, from previous Latin īnsicium (“sausage”), seemingly from in- (“in-”) +‎ secō (“to cut”) +‎ -ium (“nominal suffix”); compare Italian ciccia. Alternatively, from the same origin as jija or jeja (“mincemeat”) from Proto-Celtic *sassia; compare Catalan xeixa.

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* (colloquial, Spain) meat; flesh (culinary term)
* (vulgar) boob (female breast)

##### Related terms

* chichi
* jeja
* jija

#### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kuna chichab (“corn”).

#### Noun

chicha f (plural chichas)
* chicha (fermented beverage, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples)
* (Panama, Peru) juice, soft drink

##### Derived terms

* chicha de manzana
* chicha morada
* chichero
* ni chicha ni limonada

##### Related terms

* chicheme

##### Descendants

* → English: chicha

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chicha
* inflection of chichar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chicha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “chicha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃa/ [ˈt͡ʃiː.t͡ʃɐ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsitsa/ [ˈt͡sit̪.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -it͡ʃa, (no yod coalescence) -itsa
* Syllabification: chi‧cha

### Interjection

chicha (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ)
* Alternative spelling of tsitsa

### Noun

chicha (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜆ᜔ᜐ)
* Alternative spelling of tsitsa

## Zulu
### Verb

-chicha
* (intransitive) to ooze out

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “chicha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “chicha (6.3)”