béka

See also: beka and beką

Hungarian
béka

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːkɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: bé‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

béka (plural békák)

  1. frog
  2. (colloquial) pallet jack, pallet truck
    Synonym: kézi targonca

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of béka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. békám békáim
2nd person sing. békád békáid
3rd person sing. békája békái
1st person plural békánk békáink
2nd person plural békátok békáitok
3rd person plural békájuk békáik

Derived terms
Compound words
  • békacomb
  • békakuruttyolás
  • békalencse
  • békaliliom
  • békanyál
  • békatávlat
  • békaugrás
  • kecskebéka
  • levelibéka
  • teknősbéka
Expressions

References
  1. béka 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
  • béka 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
  • béka 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 2023)
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