ciki
Hausa edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
Noun edit
cikī̀ m (plural cikkunā̀, possessed form cikìn)
Pronunciation 2 edit
Adverb edit
ciki
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From cvikli (“tight squeeze, difficult situation”), from German Zwickel (“gore, a triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ciki (comparative cikibb, superlative legcikibb)
- (slang) embarrassing, uncool, awkward (causing embarrassment), cringe, cringy
- Synonyms: kínos, kellemetlen, zavarba ejtő
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ciki | cikik |
| accusative | cikit | cikiket |
| dative | cikinek | cikiknek |
| instrumental | cikivel | cikikkel |
| causal-final | cikiért | cikikért |
| translative | cikivé | cikikké |
| terminative | cikiig | cikikig |
| essive-formal | cikiként | cikikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | cikiben | cikikben |
| superessive | cikin | cikiken |
| adessive | cikinél | cikiknél |
| illative | cikibe | cikikbe |
| sublative | cikire | cikikre |
| allative | cikihez | cikikhez |
| elative | cikiből | cikikből |
| delative | cikiről | cikikről |
| ablative | cikitől | cikiktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
cikié | cikiké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
cikiéi | cikikéi |
References edit
- ^ ciki in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- ciki in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Rukai edit
Noun edit
ciki
- button (of one's clothing)