Slovak

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably onomatopoeic. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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čihi

  1. used to direct horses to the left
    Coordinate term: hota

Further reading

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  • čihi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “čihi”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 419