nyafog

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as nyávog (to mew, miaow) + -og (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɒfoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: nya‧fog

Verb

nyafog

  1. (transitive) to whine, whimper (to complain or protest with a whine)

Conjugation

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References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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