Meaning of the word "chitti"?

[LurfysMa]

Can anyone help me understand the meaning and usage of the Tamil word
"chitti"?

Thanks

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[Marcus Aurelius]

Post by LurfysMa
Can anyone help me understand the meaning and usage of the Tamil word
"chitti"?
Thanks
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I think it means "step mother" in Tamil.
It means "small" in Telugu.
It means "white" in Punjabi.
Chit-tthi means "letter" in Hindi.

Adi Anant

[Mirza Ghalib]

Post by Marcus Aurelius

Post by LurfysMa
Can anyone help me understand the meaning and usage of the Tamil word
"chitti"?
Thanks
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I think it means "step mother" in Tamil.
It means "small" in Telugu.
It means "white" in Punjabi.
Chit-tthi means "letter" in Hindi.
Adi Anant

Chitti in Punjabi is a part of a conjunct word "gori-chitti", meaning
a very fair complexion. Same as in Hindi.

[Brablo]

I think that it's a cognate of the word "chinna" , which means small.
This is a word used for your mother's younger sister (or your dad's
younger brother's wife).

[LurfysMa]

Post by Brablo
I think that it's a cognate of the word "chinna" , which means small.
This is a word used for your mother's younger sister (or your dad's
younger brother's wife).

Wow. Is it for just the next younger or any/all who are younger?

Language is amazing. To have a word for the aunt who is younger than
your parent. Is there also a work for an aunt who is older?

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[Brablo]

Yes there is, and it's cognate with the word "big". The word is
"perriya amma", which literally means "Big mother." In Southern
India, a person's mother's elder sister or father's elder brother's
wife is the "perriya amma".

Suppose that my mom has 2 younger sister named Amy and Bethany. Then
I would refer to them as Amy Chitti and Bethany Chitti.

For elder uncles, it's perriya appa ("big father"), and this is what
we refer to our dad's big brother and mom's edler sister's husband.

Post by LurfysMa

Post by Brablo
I think that it's a cognate of the word "chinna" , which means small.
This is a word used for your mother's younger sister (or your dad's
younger brother's wife).

Wow. Is it for just the next younger or any/all who are younger?
Language is amazing. To have a word for the aunt who is younger than
your parent. Is there also a work for an aunt who is older?
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[LurfysMa]

Post by Brablo
Yes there is, and it's cognate with the word "big". The word is
"perriya amma", which literally means "Big mother." In Southern
India, a person's mother's elder sister or father's elder brother's
wife is the "perriya amma".
Suppose that my mom has 2 younger sister named Amy and Bethany. Then
I would refer to them as Amy Chitti and Bethany Chitti.
For elder uncles, it's perriya appa ("big father"), and this is what
we refer to our dad's big brother and mom's edler sister's husband.

Thanks. Language is amazing.

Post by Brablo

Post by LurfysMa

Post by Brablo
I think that it's a cognate of the word "chinna" , which means small.
This is a word used for your mother's younger sister (or your dad's
younger brother's wife).

Wow. Is it for just the next younger or any/all who are younger?
Language is amazing. To have a word for the aunt who is younger than
your parent. Is there also a work for an aunt who is older?
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[harmony]

it looks like a trick question.

Post by LurfysMa
Can anyone help me understand the meaning and usage of the Tamil word
"chitti"?
Thanks
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[LurfysMa]

Post by LurfysMa
Can anyone help me understand the meaning and usage of the Tamil word
"chitti"?

Thanks everyone who contributed.

I was asking to settle a dispute between one person who speaks Tamil
and one who does not. The debate was whether or not the word "chitti"
means "mother". The person who does not speak Tamil claimed that it
means "mother", whereas the Tamil speaker, who ought to know, said it
meant "aunt" or "step mother".

It appears that this group agreed with the Tamil-speaker.

I will assume that "mother" is not one of the possible definitions for
this word in Tamil, since no one suggested that meaning.

Thank you.

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