konok

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkonok]
• Hyphenation: ko‧nok
• Rhymes: -ok

Adjective

konok (comparative konokabb, superlative legkonokabb)

1. obstinate, stubborn, headstrong

   Synonyms: makacs, nyakas

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	konok	konokok
accusative	konokot	konokokat
dative	konoknak	konokoknak
instrumental	konokkal	konokokkal
causal-final	konokért	konokokért
translative	konokká	konokokká
terminative	konokig	konokokig
essive-formal	konokként	konokokként
essive-modal	konokul	—
inessive	konokban	konokokban
superessive	konokon	konokokon
adessive	konoknál	konokoknál
illative	konokba	konokokba
sublative	konokra	konokokra
allative	konokhoz	konokokhoz
elative	konokból	konokokból
delative	konokról	konokokról
ablative	konoktól	konokoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	konoké	konokoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	konokéi	konokokéi

or

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	konok	konokak
accusative	konokat	konokakat
dative	konoknak	konokaknak
instrumental	konokkal	konokakkal
causal-final	konokért	konokakért
translative	konokká	konokakká
terminative	konokig	konokakig
essive-formal	konokként	konokakként
essive-modal	konokul	—
inessive	konokban	konokakban
superessive	konokon	konokakon
adessive	konoknál	konokaknál
illative	konokba	konokakba
sublative	konokra	konokakra
allative	konokhoz	konokakhoz
elative	konokból	konokakból
delative	konokról	konokakról
ablative	konoktól	konokaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	konoké	konokaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	konokéi	konokakéi

Derived terms

• konokság

Further reading

• konok 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

Pemon

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *konopo. Cognate to Ye'kwana konojo, Yao (South America) kenape.

Noun

konok

1. rain

References

• Journal of the Walter Roth Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, issue 13 (2001), page 12: "(Both Kapon and Pemon groups use tuna to mean "water", but Pemon employ konok which specifically means "rain" - a word which is lacking in the Akawaio language so that tuna is used to refer to rain and to water in general.)"