amott

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • amottan (folksy, poetic)

Etymology

From am- +‎ ott (“there”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmotː]
  • Hyphenation: amott
  • Rhymes: -otː

Adverb

amott

  1. there, over there (it refers to a place farther from the speaker, even farther than indicated with ott (“there”))
    Antonym: emitt
    Ott két hajót látok, amott pedig hármat. ― I see two ships there, and three over there.

Derived terms

  • imitt-amott

References

  1. ^ amott in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • amott in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • amott in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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