hámlik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kama (skin) [1] + -lik. First attested in 1527. [2] Cognates include Finnish kamara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhaːmlik]
  • Hyphenation: hám‧lik

Verb

hámlik

  1. to peel (come off in layers)
    Hámlik a bőre.His skin is peeling.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • lehámlik

References

  1. Entry #233 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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