Eo Conj ĉikani Vortaro Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda Plena Ilustrita

(
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

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

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.

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