köntörfalaz

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal reduplication köntörfarol, from the obsolete köntöl (the rear wheels of the car slide from the road to the side) of unknown origin + farol (to side-slip, skid). The latter was changed to falaz by folk etymology.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: kön‧tör‧fa‧laz
  • Rhymes: -ɒz

Verb

köntörfalaz

  1. (intransitive) to beat around the bush, prevaricate, palter (to talk insincerely; to evade the truth deliberately)
    Synonyms: mellébeszél; kertel; kerülgeti, mint macska a forró kását; hímez-hámoz; ötöl-hatol; csűri-csavarja a szót; hamukázik; mismásol; ködösít

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References

  1. ^ köntörfalaz 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. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
  3. ^ köntörfalaz in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

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