aki szelet vet, vihart arat
Hungarian
Etymology
aki (“who/ever”) + szél (“wind”) + -et (accusative suffix) + vet (“to sow”) + vihar (“storm”) + -t (accusative suffix) + arat (“to harvest, reap”), literally: "whoever sows a wind will reap a storm"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒki ˈsɛlɛtvɛt ˈviɦɒrtɒrɒt]
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Proverb
aki szelet vet, vihart arat
- sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
See also
- ki mint vet, úgy arat
- amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten
Further reading
- Gyula Paczolay: 750 Hungarian proverbs, 1991