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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
-ö- + -g
Pronunciation[edit]
-ög
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing a (quickly) repeating or continuous action.
- köhög (“to cough”)
- pörög (“to spin”)
Usage notes[edit]
- (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -g is added to words ending in a vowel
- -og is added to some back-vowel words
- -ag is added to other back-vowel words
- -eg is added to unrounded front-vowel words
- -ög is added to rounded front-vowel words
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