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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, inherited from Byzantine Greek χαχανίζω from χάχαν(ον) (khákhan(on)) + -ίζω (-ízo).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xa.xaˈni.zo/
  • Hyphenation: χα‧χα‧νί‧ζω

Verb

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χαχανίζω (chachanízo) (past χαχάνισα, passive —)

  1. to giggle, snigger, laugh loudly without stopping, often without cause

Conjugation

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  • χαχανητό n (chachanitó, loud, prolonged laughing)
  • χαχανίζω (chachanízo, laugh loudly, without stopping)
  • χαχάνισμα n (chachánisma, loud, prolonged laughing)
  • χάχανο n (cháchano, loud, prolonged laughing, giggle)
  • χάχας m (cháchas, one who laughs unnecessarily)

References

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  1. ^ χαχανίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language