telik

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *täwde (full) or Proto-Finno-Ugric *täwδe-, (*tälkɜ-) (complete, full) [1] + -ik (reflexive suffix).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛlik]
  • Hyphenation: te‧lik

Verb

telik

  1. (intransitive) to fill (to get filled)
    Synonym: megtelik
  2. (intransitive, of time) to elapse, to pass, to go by
    Synonyms: eltelik, múlik, elmúlik
    Telik az idő.Time is going by.
  3. (intransitive, impersonal) to be able to afford to buy (something -ra/-re)
    Synonyms: futja, megengedhet
    Nem telik új kocsira.We can't afford a new car.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. Entry #1042 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. 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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