-tak

See also: tak, Tak, Täk, -ták, täk-, and TAK

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• -tanak (archaic, but only alongside -tak)

Etymology

From -t (past-tense suffix) +‎ -ak (plural suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɒk]

Suffix

-tak

2. (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).

   ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-tak → ‎olvastak (“they (have/had) read, they were reading”)

   Ők mit olvastak? ― What were they reading?

Usage notes

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)

  -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)

  -ottak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Northern Ohlone

Alternative forms

• -tka (after vowels)

Suffix

-tak

1. forms the locative case, denoting position at or on something.

   ‎pire (“ground, earth”) + ‎-tak → ‎piretka (“on the ground”)

   ‎huššiš (“tomorrow”) + ‎-tak → ‎huššištak (“future”)

References

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[1], Unpublished