kelepel

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -el (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

kelepel

  1. (intransitive, of a stork) to clatter, clapper (to make its characteristic clattering sound when snapping its bills together; see kelep)
  2. (intransitive, of a machine gun) to rattle, clatter (to emit a rattling sound)
    Synonym: kattog
  3. (intransitive, of a mechanism made of wood, especially a mill) to clatter
    Synonym: zakatol
  4. (intransitive, of a human) to rattle (to talk rapidly and idly)
    Synonyms: fecseg, locsog

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ kelepel 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

  • kelepel 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