ĉikani
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkani/
Verb
ĉikani (present ĉikanas, past ĉikanis, future ĉikanos, conditional ĉikanus, volitive ĉikanu)
- (transitive) to quibble, cavil at
- (transitive) to bully
- (archaic, intransitive) to gossip
Usage notes
The 1894 Univerala Vortaro defined this root as "gossip", though it means "quibble" in international usage.[1]
Conjugation
Conjugation of ĉikani
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Derived terms
- ĉikanema (“disposed to quibble”)
See also
- klaĉi (“to gossip”)
References
- Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 159