telik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *täwde (full) or Proto-Finno-Ugric *täwδe-, (*tälkɜ-) (complete, full) [1] + -ik (reflexive suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛlik]
  • Hyphenation: te‧lik

Verb

telik

  1. (intransitive) to fill (to get filled)
  2. (intransitive, of time) to elapse, to pass, to go by
    Telik az idő.Time is going by.
  3. (intransitive) to be able to afford to buy (something -ra/-re)
    Nem telik új kocsira.We can't afford a new car.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. Entry #1042 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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