neki-

See also: neki and nekî

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalized inflected form of the Old Hungarian unattested adverb nek (“opposite of something or someone, towards something”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛki]
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ki

Prefix

neki-

  1. (verbal prefix) moving towards someone or something (and reaching it)
    megy (“to go”) → nekimegy (“to bump against something”)
  2. (verbal prefix) acting toward a certain direction
    készül (“to prepare”) → nekikészül (“to get ready to do something”)
  3. (verbal prefix) giving oneself over to certain emotions
    búsul (“to feel sad”) → nekibúsul (“to give way to sadness”)

Derived terms

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See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References

  1. ↑ Eőry Vilma, Értelmező szótár+. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2007, →ISBN
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