bőg

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

bőg

  1. (intransitive, of animals) to moo
  2. (intransitive, of humans, especially children) to cry
  3. (transitive) to boom (to exclaim with force, to shout)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ bőg 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

  • bőg in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bőg in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)