nyal

See also: nyál

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (grass). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa2), Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe) or ယႃႈ (yāa), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), or 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Zhuang nywj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲa˨˦/

Noun

nyal

  1. grass

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *ńålĭ-, from Proto-Uralic *ńale-. Cognates include Finnish nuolla. [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɒl]
  • Hyphenation: nyal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Verb

nyal

  1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • nyalakodik
  • nyalánk
  • nyalás
  • nyaldos
  • nyalint
  • nyalka
  • nyalogat

(With verbal prefixes):

  • benyal
  • felnyal
  • kinyal
  • lenyal
  • megnyal
  • végignyal
Compound words
  • nyal-fal

References

  1. Entry #633 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
  2. nyal 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

  • nyal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Southwestern Dinka

Alternative forms

  • nhial

Noun

nyal

  1. sky

References

  • Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005
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