ember embernek farkasa

Hungarian

Etymology

Calque of Latin homo homini lupus est, from ember (“man”) +‎ ember (“man”) +‎ -nek (“to”) +‎ farkas (“wolf”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix), literally: "man [is the] wolf of man"

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmbɛr ˈɛmbɛrnɛk ˈfɒrkɒʃɒ]

Proverb

ember embernek farkasa

  1. man is a wolf to man
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