nyal

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Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (grass). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa²), Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe) or ယႃႈ (yāa), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), or 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Zhuang nywj.

Pronunciation

Noun

nyal

  1. grass

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńale-. Cognates include Finnish nuolla.

Pronunciation

Verb

nyal

  1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

  1. ^ Entry #633 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ nyal 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

  • nyal 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

Southwestern Dinka

Alternative forms

Noun

nyal

  1. sky

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005