"ひひ" meaning in Japanese

See ひひ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: ひひ [canonical], ヒヒ [canonical], hihi [romanization]
Etymology: /pipi/ → /ɸiɸi/ → /hihi/ Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ヒヒ}} ひひ or ヒヒ • (hihi)
  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of an animal Tags: onomatopoeic Related terms: ひひらく (hihiraku)
    Sense id: en-ひひ-ja-adv-38CviyQ6 Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0

Noun

Etymology: /pipi/ → /ɸiɸi/ → /hihi/
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-ひひ-ja-noun-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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