puttony

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian puttony. Doublet of butt (“cask”).

Noun

puttony (plural puttonys or puttonyos)

  1. A wooden or wickerwork basket used, in Hungary, to carry grapes in a vineyard
  2. A measure of such an amount of dried grapes added to the ferment in making tokay wine and hence a measure of its sweetness

Synonyms

(measure):

Hungarian

Etymology

From German, more specifically from Bavarian–Austrian German; compare German Bütte (“tub, vat, barrel”) and English butt (“cask”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈputːoɲ]
  • Hyphenation: put‧tony
  • Rhymes: -oɲ

Noun

puttony (plural puttonyok)

  1. basket, bucket (a wooden or wickerwork container carried on the back, often used to carry grapes in a vineyard)

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative puttony puttonyok
accusative puttonyt puttonyokat
dative puttonynak puttonyoknak
instrumental puttonnyal puttonyokkal
causal-final puttonyért puttonyokért
translative puttonnyá puttonyokká
terminative puttonyig puttonyokig
essive-formal puttonyként puttonyokként
essive-modal — —
inessive puttonyban puttonyokban
superessive puttonyon puttonyokon
adessive puttonynál puttonyoknál
illative puttonyba puttonyokba
sublative puttonyra puttonyokra
allative puttonyhoz puttonyokhoz
elative puttonyból puttonyokból
delative puttonyról puttonyokról
ablative puttonytól puttonyoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 puttonyé puttonyoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 puttonyéi puttonyokéi
Possessive forms of puttony
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. puttonyom puttonyaim
2nd person sing. puttonyod puttonyaid
3rd person sing. puttonya puttonyai
1st person plural puttonyunk puttonyaink
2nd person plural puttonyotok puttonyaitok
3rd person plural puttonyuk puttonyaik

Derived terms
Compound words

Descendants
  • → English: puttony

References
  1. puttony 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.)
  2. puttony in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • puttony 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
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