röffen

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Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

röffen

  1. (intransitive, of a pig) to grunt once (to give a grunt, see röf)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of a person) to tell off, snarl (to utter in a harsh, direct way)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ röffen 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

  • röffen 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