kugli

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1643. From the dialectal form kugl of German Kugel. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkuɡli]
  • Hyphenation: kug‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

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kugli (countable and uncountable, plural kuglik)

  1. (bowling, colloquial) ninepins, (loosely) bowling, skittles, tenpins
    Synonyms: teke, tekejáték, lengőteke
  2. (bowling, colloquial) one of the nine (or ten) pins used in this game, made of wood or plastic
    Synonyms: kuglibábu, tekebábu, tekebáb, bábu, fabábu

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kugli kuglik
accusative kuglit kuglikat
dative kuglinak kugliknak
instrumental kuglival kuglikkal
causal-final kugliért kuglikért
translative kuglivá kuglikká
terminative kugliig kuglikig
essive-formal kugliként kuglikként
essive-modal
inessive kugliban kuglikban
superessive kuglin kuglikon
adessive kuglinál kugliknál
illative kugliba kuglikba
sublative kuglira kuglikra
allative kuglihoz kuglikhoz
elative kugliból kuglikból
delative kugliról kuglikról
ablative kuglitól kugliktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kuglié kugliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kugliéi kuglikéi
Possessive forms of kugli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kuglim kuglijaim(or kugliim)
2nd person sing. kuglid kuglijaid(or kugliid)
3rd person sing. kuglija kuglijai(or kuglii)
1st person plural kuglink kuglijaink(or kugliink)
2nd person plural kuglitok kuglijaitok(or kugliitok)
3rd person plural kuglijuk kuglijaik(or kugliik)

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ kugli 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.)
  2. ^ kugli in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

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  • kugli 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

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Noun

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kugli

  1. plural of kuglo