didi

See also: Didi, di-di, dìdi, dīdì, and ɗiɗi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दीदी (dīdī, literally “an elder sister, used as a form of respect”).

Noun

didi (plural didis)

1. (India) A respectful term of address to any familiar older female.

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare titi.

Noun

didi

1. (childish) a baby bottle

Verb

didi

1. (childish) to nurse; to suck

Etymology 2

Undetermined.

Noun

didi

1. to slit

Latin

Verb

dīdī

1. present passive infinitive of dīdō

Limos Kalinga

Adverb

didí

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi दीदी (dīdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /didi/

Noun

didi

1. sister

   Synonym: ser

Mokilese

Etymology

From did (“wall”) +‎ -i (transitive marker)

Verb

didi

1. (transitive) to wall in

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese Reference Grammar, University of Hawaii Press 1977