nyafog

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as nyávog (to mew, miaow) + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɒfoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: nya‧fog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

nyafog

  1. (transitive) to whine, whimper (to complain or protest with a whine)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. nyafog 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

  • nyafog 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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