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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of Proto-Finno-Ugric *konɜ (“facing backwards, at the back”) + -tt (locative suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hanyatt (not comparable)
- (of a person or animal) on one's back (in a supine position)
- Synonym: háton
- Hanyatt fekszik. ― He is lying on his back.
- over (from an upright position to being horizontal)
- Synonym: hátára
- Hanyatt esett és nem mozdult. ― He fell over and didn't move.
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Further reading
- hanyatt 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