kotyvaszt

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an otherwise unattested onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -aszt (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkocvɒst]
  • Hyphenation: koty‧vaszt
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

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kotyvaszt

  1. (transitive, colloquial, often derogatory) to cook/mix something hastily or incompetently
    Hypernym: főz

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ kotyvaszt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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