borravaló

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Hungarian

Etymology

borra (“for wine”, from bor (“wine”) + -ra (“for”)) +‎ való (“meant, intended”). Compare French pourboire (“tip”, literally “for drinking”) and German Trinkgeld (“tip”, literally “drink money”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧va‧ló
  • Rhymes: -loː

Noun

borravaló (plural borravalók)

  1. tip (a gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation)
    Synonyms: baksis, (slang) jatt
    Coordinate terms: (for health workers) hálapénz, csúszópénz, (bribe, grease money) kenőpénz

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative borravaló borravalók
accusative borravalót borravalókat
dative borravalónak borravalóknak
instrumental borravalóval borravalókkal
causal-final borravalóért borravalókért
translative borravalóvá borravalókká
terminative borravalóig borravalókig
essive-formal borravalóként borravalókként
essive-modal borravalóul —
inessive borravalóban borravalókban
superessive borravalón borravalókon
adessive borravalónál borravalóknál
illative borravalóba borravalókba
sublative borravalóra borravalókra
allative borravalóhoz borravalókhoz
elative borravalóból borravalókból
delative borravalóról borravalókról
ablative borravalótól borravalóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		borravalóé borravalóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		borravalóéi borravalókéi
Possessive forms of borravaló
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. borravalóm borravalóim
2nd person sing. borravalód borravalóid
3rd person sing. borravalója borravalói
1st person plural borravalónk borravalóink
2nd person plural borravalótok borravalóitok
3rd person plural borravalójuk borravalóik

Further reading

  • borravaló 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
  • borravaló 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).
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