csipog

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -og (frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃipoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: csi‧pog

Verb

csipog

  1. (transitive, of a chick or baby bird) to chirp, peep, tweet
  2. (transitive, of a device) to beep (e.g. a pager, beeper)
  3. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively, of a child or woman) to utter (something) in a high-pitched voice

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • csipogás
  • csipogtat

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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