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tengeri

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛŋɡɛri]
  • Rhymes: -ri
  • Hyphenation: ten‧ge‧ri

Etymology 1

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From tenger (“sea”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

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tengeri (not comparable)

  1. naval, marine, sea-
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Etymology 2

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Shortening of tengeri búza (“corn”, literally “seawheat”).

Noun

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tengeri (plural tengerik)

  1. corn, maize
    Synonym: kukorica
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Possessive forms of tengeri
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tengerim tengeriim
2nd person sing. tengerid tengeriid
3rd person sing. tengerije tengerii
1st person plural tengerink tengeriink
2nd person plural tengeritek tengeriitek
3rd person plural tengerijük tengeriik

Further reading

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  • (sea-related, naval, marine): tengeri in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (corn, maize): tengeri in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.