búg

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See also: bug, buug, Bug, büg, and bůg

Hungarian

Etymology

From the onomatopoeia (moo) +‎ -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

búg

  1. (intransitive, of an organ, the musical instrument) to boom
  2. (intransitive, of a motor) to hum, whirr
  3. (intransitive, of an airplane) to drone, zoom
  4. (intransitive, of a siren) to wail
  5. (intransitive, of a dove-like bird) to coo

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ búg 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.)