# kiki
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiːkiː/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːkiː

### Noun

kiki (plural kikis)
* (LGBTQ, slang, US) A gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat.
** 2012 September 11, Scissor Sisters, “Let's Have a Kiki”, in Magic Hour‎, 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, “Pray & Slay”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race: The Rusical‎:Get on my knees and have a kiki with Jesus
* (LGBTQ, US, derogatory, dated or historical) A lesbian who is neither butch nor femme. [from the 1940s through the 1970s]
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:kiki.

#### Alternative forms

* ki-ki

### Verb

kiki (third-person singular simple present kikis, present participle kikiing or kiki-ing, simple past and past participle kikied)
* (LGBTQ, 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.”

## Blagar
### Adjective

kiki
* small

### References

* Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Noun

kiki
* tartar; calculus

### Etymology 2

Reduplication of ki, from puki.

#### Noun

kiki
* the female genitalia; the vulva or vagina

### Etymology 3

Reduplication of ki, from lalaki.

#### Noun

kiki
* a boy or man

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.ki/

### Noun

kiki m (plural kikis)
* (dated) throat
* (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

* (childish, a penis): zizi m

#### Derived terms

* c’est parti mon kiki

### Further reading

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

## Gurindji
### Noun

kiki
* star

### References

* Gurindji language words from the 50 words project from the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

## Hawaiian
### Noun

kiki
* plug

### Verb

kiki
* to sting

### References

* Pukui-Elbert: Hawaiian Dictionary 1985

## Jamamadí
### Verb

kiki
* (Banawá) to look to the side

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Japanese
### Romanization

kiki
* Rōmaji transcription of きき

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey)
** IPA: /ˈkiki/ [ˈkiː.ki̞] (“calling chickens”)
*** Rhymes: -iki
** IPA: /kiˈki/ [kiˈki̞] (“chirp”)
*** Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ki‧ki

### Noun

kíki
* act of calling chickens

#### Derived terms

* kiki ka
* mankiki

### Noun

kikí
* act of chirping like a sammoti bird

#### Derived terms

* mankiki

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “kiki”, 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 228

## Quechua
### Adjective

kiki
* (pronominal) oneself, same, equal, identical

#### See also

* kikin

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kick.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kiki class IX (plural kiki class X)
* (sports) kick (football)
    Synonym: mkwaju

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Reduplication of the last syllable of puki.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈkikiʔ/ [ˈkiː.xɪʔ]
* Rhymes: -ikiʔ
* Syllabification: ki‧ki

#### Noun

kikì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)
* (informal, anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: puke

##### See also

* kikyam

### Etymology 2

From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1972).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kiˈki/ [kɪˈxi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ki‧ki

#### Noun

kikí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜃᜒ)
* expulsion from the mouth by pushing out with the tongue

##### See also

* buga
* luwa
* suka

### References

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

### Further reading

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

## Tetum
### Etymology

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

### Verb

kiki
* to scale (remove scales of fish)

## West Makian
### Etymology

Said by Voorhoeve to be from Malay gigit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.ki/

### Verb

kiki
* (transitive) to bite

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics