kukorica

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Hungarian

 kukorica on Hungarian Wikipedia
kukorica

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1691. A wanderword, via Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, of unknown origin.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

kukorica (plural kukoricák)

  1. maize, corn (a type of grain of the species Zea mays)
    Synonyms: (all regional) tengeri, törökbúza, málé

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kukorica kukoricák
accusative kukoricát kukoricákat
dative kukoricának kukoricáknak
instrumental kukoricával kukoricákkal
causal-final kukoricáért kukoricákért
translative kukoricává kukoricákká
terminative kukoricáig kukoricákig
essive-formal kukoricaként kukoricákként
essive-modal — —
inessive kukoricában kukoricákban
superessive kukoricán kukoricákon
adessive kukoricánál kukoricáknál
illative kukoricába kukoricákba
sublative kukoricára kukoricákra
allative kukoricához kukoricákhoz
elative kukoricából kukoricákból
delative kukoricáról kukoricákról
ablative kukoricától kukoricáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kukoricáé kukoricáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kukoricáéi kukoricákéi
Possessive forms of kukorica
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kukoricám kukoricáim
2nd person sing. kukoricád kukoricáid
3rd person sing. kukoricája kukoricái
1st person plural kukoricánk kukoricáink
2nd person plural kukoricátok kukoricáitok
3rd person plural kukoricájuk kukoricáik

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References

  1. ^ kukorica 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.)
  2. ^ kukorica in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • kukorica 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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