kukorékol

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root associated with the shrill cry of a rooster + -ol (verb-forming suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkukoreːkol]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ko‧ré‧kol

Verb

kukorékol

  1. (intransitive) to crow (to make the sound of a rooster)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kukorékolás

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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