turbékol

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -kol (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈturbeːkol]
  • Hyphenation: tur‧bé‧kol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

turbékol

  1. (intransitive, of a pigeon or dove) to coo (to make its characteristic soft murmuring call)
    Synonym: búg
  2. (intransitive, of a person) to coo, bill and coo (to speak in a soft murmur, affectionately)
    Synonyms: enyeleg, hízeleg

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • turbékolás

References

  1. turbékol 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

  • turbékol 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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