bandukol

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia + -kol (frequentative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒndukol]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧du‧kol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

bandukol

  1. (intransitive) to saunter, trudge, amble (to walk slowly, with head down, often deeply in thoughts)
    Synonyms: ballag, baktat, kullog, mendegél, cammog[2]
    Lassan a ház felé bandukoltunk.We walked slowly towards the house.
    • 1965 (first publication of the Hungarian translation), Christian Morgenstern (original author), Tamás Katona (Hungarian translator), Max Knight and Jerome Lettvin (English translators), A tölcsér:
      Két tölcsér éjjel bandukolt. / Szűk torkukon a kandi hold / ezüstös fényét / általönti, / útjukra / szórja, / s. t. / b. [1]
      Two funnels travel through the night; / a sylvan moon’s canescent light / employs their bodies’ narrow / flue in flowing pale / and cheerful / thro / ug / h [2]
      Through darkest night two funnels go; / and in their narrow necks below / moonbeams gather to cast / the better a / light upon / their / path / et / c. [3]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bandukol
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. bandukolok bandukolsz bandukol bandukolunk bandukoltok bandukolnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. bandukoltam bandukoltál bandukolt bandukoltunk bandukoltatok bandukoltak
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. bandukolni fog.
archaic
preterite
indef. bandukolék bandukolál bandukola bandukolánk bandukolátok bandukolának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bandukol vala, bandukolt vala/volt.
archaic future indef. bandukolandok bandukolandasz bandukoland bandukolandunk bandukolandotok bandukolandanak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. bandukolnék bandukolnál bandukolna bandukolnánk bandukolnátok bandukolnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bandukolt volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. bandukoljak bandukolj or
bandukoljál
bandukoljon bandukoljunk bandukoljatok bandukoljanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bandukolt légyen
infinitive bandukolni bandukolnom bandukolnod bandukolnia bandukolnunk bandukolnotok bandukolniuk
other
forms
verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
bandukolás bandukoló bandukolt bandukolva (bandukolván)
Potential conjugation of bandukol
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. bandukolhatok bandukolhatsz bandukolhat bandukolhatunk bandukolhattok bandukolhatnak
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. bandukolhattam bandukolhattál bandukolhatott bandukolhattunk bandukolhattatok bandukolhattak
def.
2nd obj
archaic
preterite
indef. bandukolhaték bandukolhatál bandukolhata bandukolhatánk bandukolhatátok bandukolhatának
def.
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bandukolhat vala, bandukolhatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. bandukolhatandok
or bandukolandhatok
bandukolhatandasz
or bandukolandhatsz
bandukolhatand
or bandukolandhat
bandukolhatandunk
or bandukolandhatunk
bandukolhatandotok
or bandukolandhattok
bandukolhatandanak
or bandukolandhatnak
def.
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. bandukolhatnék bandukolhatnál bandukolhatna bandukolhatnánk bandukolhatnátok bandukolhatnának
def.
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bandukolhatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. bandukolhassak bandukolhass or
bandukolhassál
bandukolhasson bandukolhassunk bandukolhassatok bandukolhassanak
def.
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bandukolhatott légyen
infinitive (bandukolhatni) (bandukolhatnom) (bandukolhatnod) (bandukolhatnia) (bandukolhatnunk) (bandukolhatnotok) (bandukolhatniuk)
other
forms
positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
(bandukolhatva / bandukolhatván)

Derived terms

  • bandukolás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átbandukol
  • elbandukol
  • hazabandukol
  • kibandukol
  • odabandukol
  • végigbandukol
  • visszabandukol

References

  1. ^ bandukol 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. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • bandukol 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.
  • bandukol 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).