jenki

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Hungarian

Etymology

From English Yankee.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

jenki (plural jenkik)

  1. Yankee (native or inhabitant of the USA)
    • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember (Timar’s Two Worlds), part 1, chapter 7:
      Ez a pattogatott kukorica igen népszerű eledel itt Magyarországon, s úgy hiszem, nálunk senkinek sem kell azt hosszasan magyarázni, hogy milyen; a New York-i világipartárlaton azonban nehány év előtt aranyérmet adtak annak a jenkinek, aki Amerikában a pattogtatott kukoricakészítést fölfedezte. Ezek az amerikaiak mindent is kitalálnak! Áldott jó eledel. Az ember igen jóízűt ehetik belőle, anélkül, hogy valaha jóllaknék vele; mert mire eleget evett belőle, már akkorra megint megéhezett.
      This popcorn is a very popular food here in Hungary, and I don’t think anyone here needs to be told at length what it is like; but at the New York World’s Fair a few years ago, a gold medal was awarded to the Yankee who discovered popcorn making in America. These Americans will invent anything! Blessed good food. A man can eat a very good deal of it without ever getting full; for by the time he has eaten enough of it, he is hungry again.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative jenki jenkik
accusative jenkit jenkiket
dative jenkinek jenkiknek
instrumental jenkivel jenkikkel
causal-final jenkiért jenkikért
translative jenkivé jenkikké
terminative jenkiig jenkikig
essive-formal jenkiként jenkikként
essive-modal — —
inessive jenkiben jenkikben
superessive jenkin jenkiken
adessive jenkinél jenkiknél
illative jenkibe jenkikbe
sublative jenkire jenkikre
allative jenkihez jenkikhez
elative jenkiből jenkikből
delative jenkiről jenkikről
ablative jenkitől jenkiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		jenkié jenkiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		jenkiéi jenkikéi
Possessive forms of jenki
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. jenkim jenkijeim (or jenkiim)
2nd person sing. jenkid jenkijeid (or jenkiid)
3rd person sing. jenkije jenkijei (or jenkii)
1st person plural jenkink jenkijeink (or jenkiink)
2nd person plural jenkitek jenkijeitek (or jenkiitek)
3rd person plural jenkijük jenkijeik (or jenkiik)

References

  1. ^ jenki 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

  • jenki 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
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