búg

See also: bug, buug, Bug, and büg

Hungarian

From the onomatopoeia bú (“moo”) +‎ -g (frequentative suffix).^[1]

búg

(intransitive, of an organ, the musical instrument) to boom
(intransitive, of a motor) to hum, whirr
(intransitive, of an airplane) to drone, zoom
(intransitive, of a siren) to wail
(intransitive, of a dove-like bird) to coo
(intransitive, of pigs) to be in heat (to be in estrus, receptive to mating)
Synonyms: (of dogs) tüzel, ivarzik

Conjugation of *búg*
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indicative	indicative	present	indef.	búgok	búgsz	búg	búgunk	búgtok	búgnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	búgtam	búgtál	búgott	búgtunk	búgtatok	búgtak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. búgni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	búgék	búgál	búga	búgánk	búgátok	búgának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. búg vala, búgott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	búgandok	búgandasz	búgand	búgandunk	búgandotok	búgandanak
		def.	―
		2nd obj

conditional		present	indef.	búgnék	búgnál	búgna	búgnánk	búgnátok	búgnának
	def.		―
	2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. búgott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	búgjak	búgj or búgjál	búgjon	búgjunk	búgjatok	búgjanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. búgott légyen

infinitive		búgni		búgnom	búgnod	búgnia	búgnunk	búgnotok	búgniuk
other forms	búgás		búgó	búgott	―	búgva (búgván)

Potential conjugation of *búg*
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indicative	indicative	present	indef.	búghatok	búghatsz	búghat	búghatunk	búghattok	búghatnak
			def.	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
			2nd obj
		past	indef.	búghattam	búghattál	búghatott	búghattunk	búghattatok	búghattak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
archaic preterite		indef.	búghaték	búghatál	búghata	búghatánk	búghatátok	búghatának
		def.	―
		2nd obj
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. búghat vala, búghatott vala/volt.
archaic future		indef.	búghatandok or búgandhatok	búghatandasz or búgandhatsz	búghatand or búgandhat	búghatandunk or búgandhatunk	búghatandotok or búgandhattok	búghatandanak or búgandhatnak
		def.	―
		2nd obj

conditional		present	indef.	búghatnék	búghatnál	búghatna	búghatnánk	búghatnátok	búghatnának
	def.		―
	2nd obj
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. búghatott volna

subjunctive	subjunctive	present	indef.	búghassak	búghass or búghassál	búghasson	búghassunk	búghassatok	búghassanak
			def.	―
			2nd obj
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. búghatott légyen

infinitive		(búghatni)		(búghatnom)	(búghatnod)	(búghatnia)	(búghatnunk)	(búghatnotok)	(búghatniuk)
other forms	―			―		(búghatva / búghatván)

(With verbal prefixes):

^ búg 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.)

(to boom, hum, whirr, drone, zoom, wail; to coo): búg 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.
(to be on heat): búg 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.
(regional, rare: synonym of galambdúc (“dovecote”)): búg 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.
(rare: crease of pants/trousers, synonym of él, vasalás): búg 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.
búg 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).