kuncog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkunt͡soɡ]
  • Hyphenation: kun‧cog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

kuncog

  1. (intransitive) to chuckle, giggle (to laugh gently, under one's breath, inwards, with a closed mouth, possibly inconspicuously)
    Synonyms: nevetgél, kacarászik, kacag, vihog, heherészik

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • végigkuncog
  • visszakuncog

References

  1. kuncog 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

  • kuncog 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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