olvas

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Hungarian

olvas

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the same Proto-Uralic *luke- (to count) root as Finnish lukea + -s (frequentative verb-forming suffix). For the -s suffix, compare keres (to search).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈolvɒʃ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ol‧vas

Verb

olvas

  1. (transitive) to read

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Expressions

References

  1. ^ olvas 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.)