kattog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒtːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: kat‧tog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

kattog

  1. (intransitive) to click, clack, clatter (to make repetitive clicking sounds)
    Fényképezőgépek kattogtak körülötte.Cameras were clicking around her.
    A vonatkerekek kattogtak a síneken.The wheels of the train clacked on the rails.
    A nyomtató kattogni kezdett.The printer began to clatter.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kattogás
  • kattogtat

References

  1. kattog in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • kattog in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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