Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkutɒt]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧tat
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

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From an unattested onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root + -tat (instantaneous-causative suffix).[1]

Verb

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kutat

  1. (transitive or with után) to seek, to search for (thoroughly), scour, rake, rummage, ransack
    Synonym: keres
  2. (transitive) to investigate, study, research
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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kút (well) +‎ -at (accusative suffix)

Noun

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kutat

  1. accusative singular of kút
    kutat ásto dig a well

References

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  1. ^ kutat 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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  • kutat 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

Swedish

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Verb

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kutat

  1. supine of kuta

Anagrams

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