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Yiddish
Etymology
Literally, “during speaking”
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
תּוך כּדי דיבור • (tokh kedey diber) (idiomatic)
- in the same breath, at the same time
1900, I. L. Perets, אויב נישט נאָך העכער [If not higher], page 2:מײַן דאגה! ענטפֿערט ער און ציט מיט די אַקסל, און תּוך כּדי דיבור (וואָס אַ ליטוואַק קען!) איז מישבֿ צו דערגיין די זאַך.- mayn dayge! entfert er un tsit mit di aksl, un tokh kedey diber (vos a litvak ken!) iz meyashev tsu dergeyn di zakh.
- How should I know! He answered with a shrug, and in the same breath (What a Litvak is capable of!) decided to get to the bottom of it.
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “תּוך כּדי דיבור” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .