Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lewe- (to throw, shoot).[1][2] Cognates inlude Northern Mansi лыӈкве (lyňkwe, to throw, to shoot).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈløː]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -løː

Verb edit

  1. (transitive) to shoot, fire
  2. (impersonal, in third-person plural past form) bang goes to…, the game is up, to be all up with (used with -nak/-nek)

Conjugation edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Entry #482 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ 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 edit

  • 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