motyog

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmocoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tyog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb[edit]

motyog

  1. (transitive) to mumble, mutter (to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly, indistinctly or with a low voice)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ motyog 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[edit]

  • motyog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN