telis-tele

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1814. A playful derivation from teli (“full”) +‎ -s (adjective-forming suffix) +‎ tele (“full”). The word telis is not used independently.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛliʃtɛlɛ]
Hyphenation: te‧lis-te‧le
Rhymes: -lɛ

Adverb edit

telis-tele

full, to the brim, packed tight (to the point of being full, almost overflowing with something or with people; used with -val/-vel)
Synonyms: telis-teli, színültig, csordultig, tömve

A polc telis-tele volt könyvekkel. ― The shelf was full of books.

References edit

^ telis-tele 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

telis-tele 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

[1] telis-tele 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.)

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