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konok

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of unknown origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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konok (comparative konokabb, superlative legkonokabb)

  1. obstinate, stubborn, headstrong
    Synonyms: makacs, nyakas

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative konok konokok
accusative konokot konokokat
dative konoknak konokoknak
instrumental konokkal konokokkal
causal-final konokért konokokért
translative konokká konokokká
terminative konokig konokokig
essive-formal konokként konokokként
essive-modal konokul
inessive konokban konokokban
superessive konokon konokokon
adessive konoknál konokoknál
illative konokba konokokba
sublative konokra konokokra
allative konokhoz konokokhoz
elative konokból konokokból
delative konokról konokokról
ablative konoktól konokoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
konoké konokoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
konokéi konokokéi

or

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ konok 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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  • konok 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

Pemon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *konopo. Cognate to Ye'kwana konojo, Yao (South America) kenape.

Noun

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konok

  1. rain

References

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  • 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.)"