Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From an onomatopoeic stem evoking the sound of slow foot-dragging + -kedik (verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛtːɛŋkɛdik]
  • Hyphenation: set‧ten‧ke‧dik
  • Rhymes: -ɛdik
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Verb edit

settenkedik

  1. (intransitive) to sneak, to creep (to move furtively, stealthily)
    Tegnap rajtakaptam, hogy settenkedett a fáskamra körül.Yesterday I caught him/her sneaking around the woodshed.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ settenkedik 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.)
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading edit