chifle

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

chifle

1. (Uri) to scold

   Synonym: chiibe

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃifle/

chifle m (plural chifles)

1. whistle

• mercachifle

chifle

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chiflar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of chiflar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chiflar.

• “chifle” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.