ketté

See also: ketté- and Kette

Hungarian

Etymology

két (“two”) +‎ -vé (“into”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛtːeː]
• Hyphenation: ket‧té
• Rhymes: -teː

Adverb

ketté (not comparable)

1. asunder (into two separate parts or pieces)

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with ketté-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see ketté-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Further reading

• ketté 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