zsong

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Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia (imitating the buzzing sounds of certain insects) + -g (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

zsong

  1. (intransitive) to hum, buzz (to drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly)
    A kertben méhek zsongnak.Bees are humming in the garden.
  2. (intransitive, literary, of music, songs, sounds) to hum, ring, echo, resound
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to buzz (of a thought, emotion, memory: to continuously come up in one's mind)
    Zsong a fejem a sok gondolattól.My head is buzzing with all kinds of thoughts.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Compound words

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References

  1. ^ zsong 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

  • zsong 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