bukkan

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Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bukik +‎ -an (verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbukːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: buk‧kan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb[edit]

bukkan

  1. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to stumble upon (to discover or find something or somebody by accident)
    aranyra bukkanto find gold
  2. (intransitive, with -ra/-re) to appear, emerge, to become visible suddenly
    felszínre bukkanto rise to the surface

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

References[edit]

  1. ^ bukkan 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[edit]

  • bukkan 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
  • bukkan in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)