See also: hunþ

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *kuńa-.[1] Cognates include Northern Mansi хонюӈкве (honûňkwe, blink).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

huny

  1. (transitive) to close (one’s eyes)
    Synonyms: becsuk, lecsuk, lehuny
  2. (intransitive, in children’s play) to cover one’s eyes, hide one’s face
  3. (intransitive, dialectal) to nap
    Synonyms: szundít, alszik
  4. (intransitive, archaic, poetic) to pass away, die
    Synonyms: elhuny, meghal
  5. (intransitive, rare, poetic, of fire or flame) to go out, die out
    Synonyms: kihuny, kialszik

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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Expressions

References edit

  1. ^ Entry #406 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading edit

  • huny 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

Middle English edit

Noun edit

huny

  1. Alternative form of hony