Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an imitative root associated with the staccato sound of high-pitched, piercing laugh + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviɦoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧hog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb

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vihog

  1. (intransitive) to giggle, titter, snigger (to laugh in a sharp, awkward, annoying way)
    Synonyms: kuncog, röhög
  2. (transitive) to giggle (to utter with a giggling sound)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ vihog 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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  • vihog 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