kotlik

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See also: kotlík

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An onomatopoeia + -lik (verb-forming suffix).[1] Cognates include the verbs kotkodácsol and kotyog.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kotlik

  1. (intransitive, of a hen or other female birds) to brood (to keep an egg warm to make it hatch)
    Synonym: költ
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, colloquial, of a person) to brood, sit (to stay in one place - at home - for a long time)
    Synonym: gubbaszt
  3. (intransitive, sarcastic, of a person) to brood (to work on something slowly and for long)
    Synonyms: piszmog, vacakol
    Egész nap a térkép felett kotlik.He is brooding over the map all day.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ kotlik 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[edit]

  • kotlik 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

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotьlikъ. By surface analysis, kocioł +‎ -ik.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔt.lik/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtlik
  • Syllabification: kot‧lik

Noun[edit]

kotlik m inan

  1. (rare) Diminutive of kocioł

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Further reading[edit]

  • kotlik in Polish dictionaries at PWN