шикалкавя

Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, ши́калка (šíkalka, hard nut) +‎ -авя (-avja).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

шикалка́вя (šikalkávja) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to avoid answering a question, to fence with, to twist and turn, to beat about the bush

Conjugation edit

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verbs

References edit

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