amott
Hungarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- amottan (folksy, poetic)
Etymology edit
am (a variant of ám) + ott (“there”)[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
amott
- there, over there (it refers to a place farther from the speaker, even farther than indicated with ott (“there”))
- Ott két hajót látok, amott pedig hármat. ― I see two ships there, and three over there.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ amott 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
- amott 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
- amott in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)