Hungarian

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Etymology

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From an imitative root, presumably associated with the sounds of animals, especially pigs + -ög (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrøhøɡ]
  • Hyphenation: rö‧hög
  • Rhymes: -øɡ

Verb

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röhög

  1. (derogatory) to guffaw, snicker, giggle, laugh

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Compound words

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See also

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See nevet for other troponyms.

References

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  1. ^ röhög 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

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  • röhög 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