Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ugric *tepɜ- (lose one's way, be wrong, err, make a mistake) [1] + -lyeg (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈteːvɛjɛɡ]
  • Hyphenation: té‧ve‧lyeg
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Verb

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tévelyeg

  1. (intransitive) to err, stray
  2. (intransitive, literary) to wander, roam (to walk aimlessly, without purpose or goal)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Entry #1861 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ tévelyeg 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.)

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