bandukol
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
An onomatopoeia + -kol (frequentative suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈbɒndukol]
Hyphenation: ban‧du‧kol
Rhymes: -ol
=== Verb ===
bandukol
(intransitive) to saunter, trudge, amble (to walk slowly, with head down, often deeply in thoughts)
Synonyms: ballag, baktat, kullog, mendegél, cammog
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]
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=== References ===
=== 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).