Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in 1792. From fúr (to drill) +‎ -akodik (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfurɒkodik]
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ra‧ko‧dik
  • Rhymes: -odik

Verb

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furakodik

  1. (intransitive, reciprocal) to shoulder, elbow, press, squeeze, bustle, muscle (to push with the elbow or shoulders to move ahead, e.g. in a crowd)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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(With verbal prefixes):

References

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  1. ^ fúr in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

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