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Eo Conj ĉikani Vortaro Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda Plena Ilustrita

The verb "ĉikani" means to cause annoyance or harassment, or to obey indignities.

La verbo "ĉikani" signifas kaŭzi ĝenon aŭ ĉikanon, aŭ obei al malrespektaĵoj.

Frequency Rank of Word 6248
Word ĉikani
Meanings
    (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    quibble
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quibble
    , to
    cavil
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cavil
    at

    ^
    Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987,
    →ISBN
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2950243231
    , page 159

    (

    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    bully
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bully
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
chicaner
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chicaner#French
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /t͡ʃiˈkani/
  • Hyphenation: ĉi‧ka‧ni
  • Rhymes:
    -ani
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/ani

Verb

ĉikani (present

ĉikanas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanas#Esperanto
, past
ĉikanis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanis#Esperanto
, future
ĉikanos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanos#Esperanto
, conditional
ĉikanus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanus#Esperanto
, volitive
ĉikanu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanu#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    quibble
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quibble
    , to
    cavil
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cavil
    at
  2. (
    transitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
    ) to
    bully
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bully
  3. (
    archaic
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic
    ,
    intransitive
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive
    ) to
    gossip
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gossip

Usage notes

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

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Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ĉikanema
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%89ikanema#Esperanto
     (“disposed to quibble”)

See also

  • klaĉi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kla%C4%89i#Esperanto
     (“to gossip”)

References

  1. ^
    Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987,
    →ISBN
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2950243231
    , page 159

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