motyog

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmocoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tyog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

motyog

  1. (transitive) to mumble, mutter (to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly, indistinctly or with a low voice)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • motyogás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belemotyog
  • közbemotyog
  • végigmotyog
  • visszamotyog

References

  1. motyog 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

  • motyog 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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