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Esperanto
Etymology
From French ricaner.
Pronunciation
Verb
rikani (present rikanas, past rikanis, future rikanos, conditional rikanus, volitive rikanu)
- to snicker or chuckle mockingly; to sneer
1923, Hans Christian Andersen, “Vojkamarado”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:Ĉiufoje, kiam leviĝis vento, ĉiuj skeletoj klakadis tiel, ke la birdetoj timis kaj neniam kuraĝis veni en la ĝardenon; ĉiuj floroj estis alligitaj al ostoj de homoj, kaj en la florpotoj staris kapoj de mortintoj kaj rikanis.- Every time the wind blew up, all the skeletons clicked and clacked so that the little birds were afraid and never dared to come into the garden; all the flowers were linked to human bones, and in the flower pots the heads of the dead stood and sneered.
1933, Vladimir Varankin, chapter 9, in Metropoliteno:Bobrov rikanis, strabante [sic] la malnovan konsumiĝintan kostumon de Vitalij.- Bobrov sneered, causing Vitalij's old, decayed costume to look askance.
- to giggle
1958, William Auld, “Ebrio”, in William Auld, editor, Esperanta Antologio: Poemoj 1887 - 1957, page 414:mi rimarkas en angulo
sidas ia ina ulo
kiu ridas ĉevaldente
kaj rikanas sento-tente- I notice in a corner
sits some sort of feminine person
who laughs with horse teeth
and giggles enticingly
Conjugation