Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -og.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒkoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧kog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

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makog

  1. (intransitive, of monkeys) to gibber, chatter (to make chattering sounds)
  2. (transitive, intransitive, sarcastic, of humans) to gibber, prattle (to talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ makog 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

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  • makog 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