kofa
Hungarian
Etymology
Of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkofɒ]
- Hyphenation: ko‧fa
- Rhymes: -fɒ
Noun
kofa (plural kofák)
- a woman who sells vegetables, fish, etc. in a market, a vendor
- (by extension) gossip, chatterbox
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kofa | kofák |
| accusative | kofát | kofákat |
| dative | kofának | kofáknak |
| instrumental | kofával | kofákkal |
| causal-final | kofáért | kofákért |
| translative | kofává | kofákká |
| terminative | kofáig | kofákig |
| essive-formal | kofaként | kofákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kofában | kofákban |
| superessive | kofán | kofákon |
| adessive | kofánál | kofáknál |
| illative | kofába | kofákba |
| sublative | kofára | kofákra |
| allative | kofához | kofákhoz |
| elative | kofából | kofákból |
| delative | kofáról | kofákról |
| ablative | kofától | kofáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
kofáé | kofáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
kofáéi | kofákéi |
| Possessive forms of kofa | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kofám | kofáim |
| 2nd person sing. | kofád | kofáid |
| 3rd person sing. | kofája | kofái |
| 1st person plural | kofánk | kofáink |
| 2nd person plural | kofátok | kofáitok |
| 3rd person plural | kofájuk | kofáik |
References
- kofa 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.)
Further reading
- kofa 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
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوغه (kova).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kôfa/
- Hyphenation: ko‧fa
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