iá
Czech
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiˌaː]
Interjection
iá
- hee-haw (the cry of an ass or donkey)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert):
- Gá! Gá! Gá! / Szalad világgá / Liba mama, ha a Csacsi / rábőg, hogy I-á!
- Honk! Honk! Honk! / Running far away / mama Goose, when the Donkey / brays at her Hee-haw!
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Derived terms
- iázik
References
- 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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