huhog

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhuɦoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: hu‧hog

Verb

huhog

  1. (intransitive) to hoot (to make the cry of an owl; see hu)
  2. (intransitive, of the wind) to howl
  3. (transitive, derogatory, of a person) to hoot, to say or predict bad things

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • huhogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • felhuhog

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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