mumus

See also: Mumus

English

Noun

mumus

  1. plural of mumu

Hungarian

Etymology

From the former onomatopoeic mumu + -s (diminutive suffix). The mumu imitates a threatening growling sound meant to inspire fear in children in child-directed speech.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmumuʃ]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mus
  • Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

mumus (plural mumusok)

  1. bugbear, bogeyman, bugaboo (an imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children)
  2. (by extension) hobgoblin (a person or object that appears frightful or formidable)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mumus mumusok
accusative mumust mumusokat
dative mumusnak mumusoknak
instrumental mumussal mumusokkal
causal-final mumusért mumusokért
translative mumussá mumusokká
terminative mumusig mumusokig
essive-formal mumusként mumusokként
essive-modal
inessive mumusban mumusokban
superessive mumuson mumusokon
adessive mumusnál mumusoknál
illative mumusba mumusokba
sublative mumusra mumusokra
allative mumushoz mumusokhoz
elative mumusból mumusokból
delative mumusról mumusokról
ablative mumustól mumusoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
mumusé mumusoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
mumuséi mumusokéi
Possessive forms of mumus
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mumusom mumusaim
2nd person sing. mumusod mumusaid
3rd person sing. mumusa mumusai
1st person plural mumusunk mumusaink
2nd person plural mumusotok mumusaitok
3rd person plural mumusuk mumusaik

References

  1. mumus 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

  • mumus 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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