stikában

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From stika (“silence, concealment, secret”) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix),[1] from Yiddish בשתּיקה (beshtike, “silently”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtikaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: sti‧ká‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

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stikában (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) secretly, covertly
    Synonyms: suttyomban, titkon, titokban
    Stikában cigarettázik. ― He/she secretly smokes.

References

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  1. ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN

Further reading

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