tavaly

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Native word. Probably a dissimilated form of the Hungarian word távol (“far away”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈtɒvɒj]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ta‧valy
Rhymes: -ɒj

Adverb edit

tavaly (not comparable)

last year, yesteryear (year before this one, a year ago)
Synonyms: a múlt évben, az elmúlt évben

Antonym: jövőre

Derived terms edit

tavalyi

See also edit

References edit

^ tavaly 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

tavaly 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

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