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ĉikani

ĉikani

Esperanto

Verb

ĉikani (present ĉikanas, past ĉikanis, future ĉikanos, conditional ĉikanus, volitive ĉikanu)

  1. (transitive) To quibble, to cavil at.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To gossip.

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Usage notes

The 1894 Univerala Vortaro defined this root as "gossip", though it means "quibble" in international usage.[1]

References

  1. Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, ISBN 2950243231, published 1987, page 159