bukta

== Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbuktɒ] Hyphenation: buk‧ta Rhymes: -tɒ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Slovak buchta, (plural) buchty. Compare also Czech buchta (“bun”). First attested in c. 1795. ==== Noun ==== bukta (plural bukták) jam(-filled) bun ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From the buk- stem of bukik (“to miss out on, lose, drop”, colloquial) +‎ -ta (amalgamated noun-forming and possessive suffix). ==== Noun ==== bukta (uncountable) (literary, archaic) his/her/its fall, downfall, collapse, ruin, defeat, undoing Synonym: bukása ===== Declension ===== or === Etymology 3 === From a jocular association of bukta (“jam-filled bun”) (see etymology 1) and bukta (“his/her/its fall, downfall”) (see etymology 2). First attested in 1994. ==== Noun ==== bukta (plural bukták) (informal) failure, flop (of a work, event, performance, etc.) Synonyms: bukás, csőd, kudarc (informal) failure in an exam; failing grade Synonym: bukás (informal) bad deal; loss of money ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 4 === From the buk- stem of bukik (“to miss out on, lose, drop”, colloquial) +‎ -ta (personal suffix). ==== Verb ==== bukta third-person singular indicative past definite of bukik ===== Usage notes ===== This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: bukta (…) el, el … bukta ― elbukta ― elbukik === References === === Further reading === (jam bun): bukta 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. (fall, downfall [literary]): bukta 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. bukta 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). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === bukten === Noun === bukta m or f definite feminine singular of bukt == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bukta f definite singular of bukt == Swedish == === Verb === bukta (present buktar, preterite buktade, supine buktat, imperative bukta) (often with a particle like ut (“out”), in (“in”), or upp (“up”) to specify a direction) to curve smoothly ==== Usage notes ==== Think bulge, but more general, like a rounded indentation or (as a more exotic and rare example) a soft cover on a book that won't lie flat and curves upward. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bukta in (“to curve inward”) bukta ut (“to bulge”) inbuktning (“rounded indentation”) utbuktning (“bulge”) ==== Related terms ==== bukt (“bay”) buktig ==== See also ==== bågna === References === “bukta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bukta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “bukta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)