szomjú

== Hungarian == === Etymology === An obscured compound. The first half is from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śoma- (“hunger, thirst”). The second half is juh - internal organ, stomach. It may have originally been a noun meaning thirsty stomach. The noun developed into an adjective over time. Cognate to Udmurt сюмэм (śumem, “hungry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsomjuː] Rhymes: -juː Hyphenation: szom‧jú === Adjective === szomjú (comparative szomjúbb, superlative legszomjúbb) (archaic) thirsty Synonym: szomjas ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === szomjú 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.