хмыкать

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxmɨkətʲ]

Verb

хмы́кать • (xmýkatʹimpf (perfective хмы́кнуть)

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

Conjugation