Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

From an imitative root associated with the high-pitched, piercing sounds of living beings + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈviɲːoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: viny‧nyog
  • Rhymes: -oɡ

Verb edit

vinnyog

  1. (intransitive) to squeak, to whine

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ vinnyog 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

  • vinnyog 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