konok

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkonok]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧nok

Adjective

konok (comparative konokabb, superlative legkonokabb)

  1. obstinate, stubborn, headstrong

Synonyms

Pemon

Noun

konok

  1. rain

References

  • Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, issue 13 (2001), page 12: "(Both Kapon and Pemon groups use tuna to mean "water", but Pemon employ konok which specifically means "rain" - a word which is lacking in the Akawaio language so that tuna is used to refer to rain and to water in general.)"
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