homok

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Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *lemek (soft).

Adjective

homok

  1. soft, muddy

Hungarian

Etymology

A very old borrowing from a Turkic language, compare Southern Altai кумак (kumak, qumaq), Yakut кумах (kumaq, sand), from Proto-Turkic *kum (sand).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ho‧mok
  • Rhymes: -ok

Noun

homok (plural homokok)

  1. sand (rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative homok homokok
accusative homokot homokokat
dative homoknak homokoknak
instrumental homokkal homokokkal
causal-final homokért homokokért
translative homokká homokokká
terminative homokig homokokig
essive-formal homokként homokokként
essive-modal
inessive homokban homokokban
superessive homokon homokokon
adessive homoknál homokoknál
illative homokba homokokba
sublative homokra homokokra
allative homokhoz homokokhoz
elative homokból homokokból
delative homokról homokokról
ablative homoktól homokoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
homoké homokoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
homokéi homokokéi
Possessive forms of homok
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. homokom homokjaim
2nd person sing. homokod homokjaid
3rd person sing. homokja homokjai
1st person plural homokunk homokjaink
2nd person plural homokotok homokjaitok
3rd person plural homokjuk homokjaik

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Further reading

  • homok 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