ketyeg

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -eg (frequentative verb-forming suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛcɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧tyeg

Verb

ketyeg

  1. (intransitive) to tick (to make a clicking noise similar to an analog clock; see tik-tak)
    Synonym: tiktakol

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ ketyeg 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.)