bandukol

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -kol (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ban‧du‧kol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

bandukol

  1. (intransitive) to saunter, trudge, amble (to walk slowly, with head down, often deeply in thoughts)
    Synonyms: ballag, baktat, kullog, mendegél, cammog[2]
    Lassan a ház felé bandukoltunk.We walked slowly towards the house.
    • 1965 (first publication of the Hungarian translation), Christian Morgenstern (original author), Tamás Katona (Hungarian translator), Max Knight and Jerome Lettvin (English translators), A tölcsér:
      Két tölcsér éjjel bandukolt. / Szűk torkukon a kandi hold / ezüstös fényét / általönti, / útjukra / szórja, / s. t. / b. 
      Two funnels travel through the night; / a sylvan moon’s canescent light / employs their bodies’ narrow / flue in flowing pale / and cheerful / thro / ug / h 
      Through darkest night two funnels go; / and in their narrow necks below / moonbeams gather to cast / the better a / light upon / their / path / et / c. 

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ bandukol 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

  • bandukol 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
  • bandukol in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).