Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  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 edit

  • 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