kalapál

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian klepati. With the verb-forming suffix -ál.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒlɒpaːl]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧la‧pál

Verb

kalapál

  1. (transitive) to hammer

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kalapálás

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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