Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, хъ́лцам (hǎ́lcam, to hiccup) +‎ -укам (-ukam, expressive verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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хълцу́кам (hǎlcúkam) first-singular present indicativeimpf (colloquial)

  1. (intransitive) to hiccup repeatedly, to hiccough

Conjugation

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References

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  • хълцукам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хълцукам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010