хмыкнуть

Russian

Etymology

хмы́кать (xmýkatʹ) +‎ -нуть (-nutʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxmɨknʊtʲ]
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Verb

хмы́кнуть • (xmýknutʹpf (imperfective хмы́кать)

  1. to hem, to say hmm (Russian хм (xm)) out of hesitation

Conjugation