хмыкать

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Russian

Etymology

Partly from хм (xm) and suffix -ать (-atʹ).

Pronunciation

Verb

хмы́кать (xmýkatʹimpf (perfective хмы́кнуть)

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

Conjugation