vihog

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an imitative root associated with the staccato sound of high-pitched, piercing laugh + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

vihog

  1. (intransitive) to giggle, titter, snigger (to laugh in a sharp, awkward, annoying way)
    Synonyms: kuncog, röhög
  2. (transitive) to giggle (to utter with a giggling sound)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ vihog 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

  • vihog 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