amott

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From am- +‎ ott (there).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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

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References

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  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

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  • amott 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
  • 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).