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Hungarian
Etymology
A playful reduplication. The first element csip is possibly a form of csepp (“tiny”),[1] the second element csup is a vowel variation of the first.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: csip-‧csup
- Rhymes: -up
Adjective
csip-csup (not comparable)
- (colloquial) unimportant, insignificant
- Synonyms: apró-cseprő, jelentéktelen
References
Further reading
- csip-csup 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
- csip-csup 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).