burok

See also: búrok, bürok, and bürök

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries) + -k (nominal suffix).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈburok]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧rok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

burok (plural burkok)

  1. (chiefly anatomy and botany) shell, husk, hull, sac, membrane, coat
    Coordinate terms: bevonat, borítás, burkolat, csomagolás, foglalat, ház, héj, hüvely, kéreg, keret, köpeny, szekrény, takaró, tartó, tok, váz
  2. caul (the amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative burok burkok
accusative burkot burkokat
dative buroknak burkoknak
instrumental burokkal burkokkal
causal-final burokért burkokért
translative burokká burkokká
terminative burokig burkokig
essive-formal burokként burkokként
essive-modal — —
inessive burokban burkokban
superessive burkon burkokon
adessive buroknál burkoknál
illative burokba burkokba
sublative burokra burkokra
allative burokhoz burkokhoz
elative burokból burkokból
delative burokról burkokról
ablative buroktól burkoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 buroké burkoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 burokéi burkokéi
Possessive forms of burok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. burkom burkaim
2nd person sing. burkod burkaid
3rd person sing. burka burkai
1st person plural burkunk burkaink
2nd person plural burkotok burkaitok
3rd person plural burkuk burkaik

Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
  • burokfehérje
  • burokhártya
  • buroklevél
  • burokrepedés
Compound words with this term at the end
  • agyburok (meninx)
  • atomburok
  • elektronburok (electron shell)
  • fehérjeburok
  • fényburok
  • földburok
  • hidrátburok (hydrate envelope)
  • idegrostburok (neurilemma)
  • jégburok
  • kőzetburok
  • levegőburok
  • magburok
  • magzatburok (amniotic sac)
  • rügyburok
  • szívburok (pericardium)
  • termésburok
  • üvegburok
  • védőburok
  • vízburok
Expressions
  • burokban született

References
  1. burok 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
  • burok 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
  • burok in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbuɾok/ [ˈbu.ɾok]
  • Rhymes: -uɾok
  • Syllabification: bu‧rok

Noun

burok (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. chubbiness (of one's cheeks)
    Synonyms: bintog, pamimintog, umbok, kaumbukan
  2. rosiness (of one's cheeks)
  3. egg yolk
    Synonym: pula ng itlog

Derived terms
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