búg

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See also: bug, buug, Bug, and büg

Hungarian

Etymology

From the onomatopoeia (moo) +‎ -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

búg

  1. (intransitive, of an organ, the musical instrument) to boom
  2. (intransitive, of a motor) to hum, whirr
  3. (intransitive, of an airplane) to drone, zoom
  4. (intransitive, of a siren) to wail
  5. (intransitive, of a dove-like bird) to coo
  6. (intransitive, of pigs) to be in heat (to be in estrus, receptive to mating)
    Synonyms: (of dogs) tüzel, ivarzik

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. ^ búg 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

  • (to boom, hum, whirr, drone, zoom, wail; to coo): búg 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
  • (to be on heat): búg 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
  • (regional, rare: synonym of galambdúc (dovecote)): búg 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
  • (rare: crease of pants/trousers, synonym of él, vasalás): búg 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
  • búg 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).