nyal
See also: nyál
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰɲɯəꟲ (“grass”). Cognate with Thai หญ้า (yâa), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿ᩶ᩣ, Lao ຫຍ້າ (nyā), Lü ᦊᦱᧉ (ẏaa2), Shan ယိူဝ်ႈ (yōe) or ယႃႈ (yāa), Ahom 𑜊𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (jʸüw), 𑜊𑜠 (jʸa), 𑜊𑜡 (jʸā), or 𑜐𑜠 (ña), Zhuang nywj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲa˨˦/
Noun
nyal
- grass
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *ńålĭ-, from Proto-Uralic *ńale-. Cognates include Finnish nuolla. [1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɲɒl]
- Hyphenation: nyal
- Rhymes: -ɒl
Verb
nyal
- (transitive) to lick
Conjugation
conjugation of nyal
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | nyalok | nyalsz | nyal | nyalunk | nyaltok | nyalnak |
| Def. | nyalom | nyalod | nyalja | nyaljuk | nyaljátok | nyalják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | nyallak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | nyaltam | nyaltál | nyalt | nyaltunk | nyaltatok | nyaltak | |
| Def. | nyaltam | nyaltad | nyalta | nyaltuk | nyaltátok | nyalták | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | nyaltalak | ― | ||||||
| Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | nyalnék | nyalnál | nyalna | nyalnánk | nyalnátok | nyalnának |
| Def. | nyalnám | nyalnád | nyalná | nyalnánk (or nyalnók) | nyalnátok | nyalnák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | nyalnálak | ― | ||||||
| Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | nyaljak | nyalj or nyaljál | nyaljon | nyaljunk | nyaljatok | nyaljanak |
| Def. | nyaljam | nyald or nyaljad | nyalja | nyaljuk | nyaljátok | nyalják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | nyaljalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | nyalni | nyalnom | nyalnod | nyalnia | nyalnunk | nyalnotok | nyalniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| nyalás | nyaló | nyalt | nyalandó | nyalva | nyalhat | |||
Derived terms
- nyalakodik
- nyalánk
- nyalás
- nyaldos
- nyalint
- nyalka
- nyalogat
(With verbal prefixes):
- benyal
- felnyal
- kinyal
- lenyal
- megnyal
- végignyal
Compound words
- nyal-fal
References
- Entry #633 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
- nyal 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
- nyal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Southwestern Dinka
Alternative forms
- nhial
Noun
nyal
- sky
References
- Dinka-English Dictionary, 2005