puttony
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hungarian puttony. Doublet of butt (“cask”).
Noun edit
puttony (plural puttonys or puttonyos)
- A wooden or wickerwork basket used, in Hungary, to carry grapes in a vineyard
- A measure of such an amount of dried grapes added to the ferment in making tokay wine and hence a measure of its sweetness
Synonyms edit
(measure):
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From German, more specifically from Bavarian–Austrian German; compare German Bütte (“tub, vat, barrel”) and English butt (“cask”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puttony (plural puttonyok)
- basket, bucket (a wooden or wickerwork container carried on the back, often used to carry grapes in a vineyard)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puttony | puttonyok |
| accusative | puttonyt | puttonyokat |
| dative | puttonynak | puttonyoknak |
| instrumental | puttonnyal | puttonyokkal |
| causal-final | puttonyért | puttonyokért |
| translative | puttonnyá | puttonyokká |
| terminative | puttonyig | puttonyokig |
| essive-formal | puttonyként | puttonyokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | puttonyban | puttonyokban |
| superessive | puttonyon | puttonyokon |
| adessive | puttonynál | puttonyoknál |
| illative | puttonyba | puttonyokba |
| sublative | puttonyra | puttonyokra |
| allative | puttonyhoz | puttonyokhoz |
| elative | puttonyból | puttonyokból |
| delative | puttonyról | puttonyokról |
| ablative | puttonytól | puttonyoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
puttonyé | puttonyoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
puttonyéi | puttonyokéi |
| Possessive forms of puttony | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | puttonyom | puttonyaim |
| 2nd person sing. | puttonyod | puttonyaid |
| 3rd person sing. | puttonya | puttonyai |
| 1st person plural | puttonyunk | puttonyaink |
| 2nd person plural | puttonyotok | puttonyaitok |
| 3rd person plural | puttonyuk | puttonyaik |
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Descendants edit
- → English: puttony
References edit
- ^ puttony 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.)
- ^ puttony 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
Further reading edit
- puttony 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