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Hungarian
Etymology
From the same onomatopoeic stem as páhog, puha, puhatol + -os (adjective-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
pohos (comparative pohosabb, superlative legpohosabb)
- (derogatory) paunchy, potbellied (having a prominent stomach)
- Synonyms: pocakos, potrohos
1924, Géza Gárdonyi, Ida regénye, Budapest: Scolar Kiadó, published 2021, →ISBN, page 9:Egy pohos úr a Kávékirályban göcögve nevetett: / – Ördög ezekbe az újságírókba – mondta lebocsátva az újságot –, de nagy gazemberek! […] A pohos akkor nyújtja az újságot a szomszédjának, s mutat a hátulsó lapon egy pontra.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- ^ pohos in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- pohos 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