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Estonian
Noun
merre
- illative singular of meri
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of mely (“which direction? which place?”, interrogative pronoun) + -re (case suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
merre
- where? which way? in which direction?
- Merre van kelet? ― Which way is east?
- where? (at which place?)
- Synonym: hol?
Usage notes
Merre? is more vague than hol? when asking about a place. Hol can easily imply asking for the exact address (or at least the specific location), while merre will be content finding out the neighborhood, the district, or perhaps even only the direction (in accordance with the first meaning).
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Further reading
- merre 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