búg

See also: bug, buug, Bug, büg, and bůg

Hungarian

Etymology

From the onomatopoeia (moo) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuːɡ]

Verb

búg

  1. (intransitive, of an organ, the musical instrument) to boom
  2. (intransitive, of a motor) to hum, whirr
  3. (intransitive, of an airplane) to drone, zoom
  4. (intransitive, of a siren) to wail
  5. (intransitive, of a dove-like bird) to coo

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • búgás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átbúg
  • elbúg
  • felbúg
  • odabúg
  • összebúg
  • végigbúgbúg

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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