-öng
See also: ong, Ong, ONG, ống, ông, ổng, and -ong
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [øŋɡ]
Suffix
-öng
- (frequentative suffix) Added to a verb (or rarely to a noun or adjective) to form a verb denoting repetitive action.
- őrül (“to go insane”) → őrjöng (“to be wild, furious, raging”)
- düh (“fury, rage”) → dühöng (“to be in a raging temper”)
Usage notes
- (frequentative suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -ong is added to back vowel words
- hajol (“to bend”) → hajlong (“to bow repetitively”)
- -eng is added to unrounded front vowel words
- derül (“to clear up”) → dereng (“to dawn; to appear vaguely”)
- -öng is added to rounded front vowel words
- őrül (“to go insane”) → őrjöng (“to be wild, furious, raging”)
- düh (“fury, rage”) → dühöng (“to be in a raging temper”)
- -ang is added to back vowel words (rare)
- lappang (“to lurk”)
- -ing is added to front vowel words (rare)
- kering (“to circulate, orbit”)
- -ong is added to back vowel words
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-%C3%B6ng' title='Category:Hungarian verbs suffixed with -öng'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -öng</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes