csip-csup

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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)

  1. (colloquial) unimportant, insignificant
    Synonyms: apró-cseprő, jelentéktelen

References

  1. ^ csip-csup 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

  • 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).