Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From an otherwise unattested onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -aszt (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkocvɒst]
  • Hyphenation: koty‧vaszt
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb edit

kotyvaszt

  1. (transitive, colloquial, often derogatory) to cook/mix something hastily or incompetently
    Hypernym: főz

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ kotyvaszt 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