makog

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒkoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧kog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb[edit]

makog

  1. (intransitive, of monkeys) to gibber, chatter (to make chattering sounds)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, sarcastic, of humans) to gibber, prattle (to talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ makog 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[edit]

  • makog 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