kotlik

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See also: kotlík

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.tlik/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtlik
  • Syllabification: ko‧tlik

Noun

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kotlik m inan

  1. (rare) diminutive of kocioł

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Further reading

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  • kotlik in Polish dictionaries at PWN