chichigua

== Spanish == === Etymology === From Classical Nahuatl chichihua (“wet nurse”), from chichi (“to suckle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃiɡwa/ [t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃi.ɣ̞wa] Rhymes: -iɡwa Syllabification: chi‧chi‧gua === Noun === chichigua f (plural chichiguas) (Dominican Republic) kite Synonyms: cometa, (Cuba, Honduras, Mexico) papalote, (Argentina, Nicaragua) barrilete, (El Salvador) piscucha, papalota, (Peru, Chile, Argentina) volantín (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) wet nurse Synonym: ama (Colombia, Ecuador) small amount or quantity (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) nipplefruit === Adjective === chichigua m or f (masculine and feminine plural chichiguas) (rustic, Guatemala, Mexico) female (of an animal being raised) ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: sisiwa === Further reading === “chichigua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “chichigua”, 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