bábu
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Hungarian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, of uncertain origin. Possibly from báb (“puppet, dummy”) + -u (diminutive suffix) (compare anyu, apu), or from baba (“baby; doll”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
bábu (plural bábuk)
- puppet, marionette (any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove)
- (dated) doll (a toy in the form of a human)
- Synonyms: játék baba, baba
- (bowling) pin, bowling pin
- (board games) piece, counter, figure (an object used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games)
- (chess) chess piece
- Synonyms: sakkbábu, sakkfigura
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bábu | bábuk |
| accusative | bábut | bábukat |
| dative | bábunak | bábuknak |
| instrumental | bábuval | bábukkal |
| causal-final | bábuért | bábukért |
| translative | bábuvá | bábukká |
| terminative | bábuig | bábukig |
| essive-formal | bábuként | bábukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bábuban | bábukban |
| superessive | bábun | bábukon |
| adessive | bábunál | bábuknál |
| illative | bábuba | bábukba |
| sublative | bábura | bábukra |
| allative | bábuhoz | bábukhoz |
| elative | bábuból | bábukból |
| delative | báburól | bábukról |
| ablative | bábutól | bábuktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
bábué | bábuké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
bábuéi | bábukéi |
| Possessive forms of bábu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bábum | bábuim |
| 2nd person sing. | bábud | bábuid |
| 3rd person sing. | bábuja | bábui |
| 1st person plural | bábunk | bábuink |
| 2nd person plural | bábutok | bábuitok |
| 3rd person plural | bábujuk | bábuik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
- ^ bábu 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.
- ^ bábu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- bábu 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
- bábu 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).