pichi
English
Alternative forms
- pichey (dated)
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From a native Brazilian language.
Noun
pichi (plural pichis)
- A small armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), native to Argentina, which is the only armadillo known to hibernate.
- Synonyms: dwarf armadillo, pygmy armadillo
Mapudungun
Alternative forms
- Alternative orthography: pici (Grafemario Raguileo)
- Variant: püchi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ piˈtʃi ]
Derived terms
- Pichilemu
- pichiche
- pichidomo
- pichirume
- pichiwentru
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpit͡ʃi/ [ˈpi.t͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -itʃi
- Syllabification: pi‧chi
Further reading
- “pichi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
- mpichi
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