csip-csup

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Hungarian

Etymology

A playful reduplication. The first element csip is possibly a form of csepp (tiny)[1], the second element csup is a vowel variation of the first.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃipt͡ʃup]
  • Hyphenation: csip-‧csup

Adjective

csip-csup (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) unimportant, insignificant
    Synonyms: apró-cseprő, jelentéktelen

References

  1. ^ csip-csup 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.)