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béka

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Hungarian

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béka

Etymology

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Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries),[1] ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bāka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːkɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bé‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

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béka (plural békák)

  1. frog
  2. (colloquial) pallet jack, pallet truck
    Synonym: kézi targonca

Declension

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Possessive forms of béka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. békám békáim
2nd person sing. békád békáid
3rd person sing. békája békái
1st person plural békánk békáink
2nd person plural békátok békáitok
3rd person plural békájuk békáik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ béka 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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  • béka in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • béka in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).