chifle

From Chifel (“jaw”), from Middle High German kivele, from Old High German kifel, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl.

chifle

1. (Uri) to scold

   Synonym: chiibe

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 18.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkifle]

chifle f

1. inflection of chiflă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃifle/ [ˈt͡ʃi.fle]
• Rhymes: -ifle
• Syllabification: chi‧fle

Deverbal from chiflar (“to whistle”).

chifle m (plural chifles)

1. whistle
2. (Ecuador, Peru) an appetizer dish of fried green plantain

chifle

1. inflection of chiflar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “chifle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “chifle”, 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