kekelemek

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To stutter, to stammer, especially on palatal sounds.
2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To get what one was going to say mixed-up due to nervousness.

Concepts

stammer

stutter

falter

blunder out

bumble

titubate

Synonyms

ağız kalabalığı etmek

pepelemek

teklemek

gevelemek

kemküm etmek

tekleyerek okumak

kekeleyerek söylemek

Translations

bégayer

stottern

stammeln

balbettare

stotteren

gaguejar

tartamudear

balbutier

balbutio

τραυλίζω

tartagliare

bafouiller

quequejar

ânonner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ce.ce.leˈmec/

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ككه (keke, “a bird's beak, one who stutters over the letter "ke;" onomatopoeic”), morphologically keke + -le + -mek.