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такӑн • (tak̬ăn)
- to stumble (to trip or fall)
- to stammer, to falter (to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner)
- (figurative) to fail
- to stop, to interrupt
- “такӑн”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.