huhog

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhuɦoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧hog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

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huhog

  1. (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl; see hu)
  2. (intransitive, of the wind) to howl
  3. (transitive, derogatory, of a person) to hoot, to say or predict bad things

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ huhog 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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  • huhog 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