tovább

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See also: tovább-

Hungarian

Etymology

tova +‎ -bb

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtovaːbː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: to‧vább
  • Rhymes: -aːbː

Adverb

tovább (not comparable)

  1. further, farther (in distance)
  2. comparative degree of sokáig (for long): longer (in time)

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with tovább-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (they could have seen it, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see tovább-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

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Further reading

  • tovább 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