sántikál

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the dialectal sántál (to limp) +‎ -ikál. The base word was borrowed from a Slavic language.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃaːntikaːl]
  • Hyphenation: sán‧ti‧kál
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Verb

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sántikál

  1. (intransitive) to walk with a slight limp
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be up to something mischievous or inappropriate (-ban/-ben)
    Tudom, miben sántikálsz. (informal)I know what you are up to.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Expressions

References

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  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

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