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hosszában

Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1416. From hosszú (“long”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhosːaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: hosz‧szá‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

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hosszában (not comparable)

  1. lengthwise, lengthways (in the long direction of an oblong object)
    A zöldbabot nehéz hosszában elvágni, mert olyan keskeny.
    Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.

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Postposition

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hosszában

  1. along (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to)
    Bokrokat ültettünk a fal teljes hosszában. ― We planted bushes along the entire length of the wall.

References

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  1. ^ hosszában in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

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