bukta

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuktɒ]
• Hyphenation: buk‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Etymology 1

From Slovak buchta, buchty.

Noun

bukta (plural bukták)

1. jam(-filled) bun

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bukta	bukták
accusative	buktát	buktákat
dative	buktának	buktáknak
instrumental	buktával	buktákkal
causal-final	buktáért	buktákért
translative	buktává	buktákká
terminative	buktáig	buktákig
essive-formal	buktaként	buktákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	buktában	buktákban
superessive	buktán	buktákon
adessive	buktánál	buktáknál
illative	buktába	buktákba
sublative	buktára	buktákra
allative	buktához	buktákhoz
elative	buktából	buktákból
delative	buktáról	buktákról
ablative	buktától	buktáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	buktáé	buktáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	buktáéi	buktákéi

Possessive forms of bukta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buktám	buktáim
2nd person sing.	buktád	buktáid
3rd person sing.	buktája	buktái
1st person plural	buktánk	buktáink
2nd person plural	buktátok	buktáitok
3rd person plural	buktájuk	buktáik

Etymology 2

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Noun

bukta (plural bukták)

1. (colloquial) failure, flop

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bukta	bukták
accusative	buktát	buktákat
dative	buktának	buktáknak
instrumental	buktával	buktákkal
causal-final	buktáért	buktákért
translative	buktává	buktákká
terminative	buktáig	buktákig
essive-formal	buktaként	buktákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	buktában	buktákban
superessive	buktán	buktákon
adessive	buktánál	buktáknál
illative	buktába	buktákba
sublative	buktára	buktákra
allative	buktához	buktákhoz
elative	buktából	buktákból
delative	buktáról	buktákról
ablative	buktától	buktáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	buktáé	buktáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	buktáéi	buktákéi

Possessive forms of bukta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buktám	buktáim
2nd person sing.	buktád	buktáid
3rd person sing.	buktája	buktái
1st person plural	buktánk	buktáink
2nd person plural	buktátok	buktáitok
3rd person plural	buktájuk	buktáik

Etymology 3

From the buk- stem of bukik (“to miss out on, lose, drop”, colloquial) +‎ -ta (amalgamated noun-forming and possessive suffix).

Noun

bukta (uncountable)

1. (literary, archaic) his/her/its fall, downfall, collapse, ruin, defeat, undoing

   Synonym: bukása

Declension

Possessive forms of bukta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buktom	—
2nd person sing.	buktod	—
3rd person sing.	bukta	—
1st person plural	buktunk	—
2nd person plural	buktotok	—
3rd person plural	buktuk	—

or

Possessive forms of bukta
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buktam	—
2nd person sing.	buktad	—
3rd person sing.	bukta	—
1st person plural	buktunk	—
2nd person plural	buktatok	—
3rd person plural	buktuk	—

Etymology 4

From the buk- stem of bukik (“to miss out on, lose, drop”, colloquial) +‎ -ta (personal suffix).

Verb

bukta

1. 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

Further reading

• (jam bun): bukta 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
• (fall, downfall [literary]): bukta 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
• 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

1. definite feminine singular of bukt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bukta f

1. definite singular of bukt

Swedish

Verb

bukta (present buktar, preterite buktade, supine buktat, imperative bukta)

1. (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

Conjugation of bukta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bukta		buktas
Supine	buktat		buktats
Imperative	bukta		—
Imper. plural1	bukten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	buktar	buktade	buktas	buktades
Ind. plural1	bukta	buktade	buktas	buktades
Subjunctive2	bukte	buktade	buktes	buktades
	Participles
Present participle	buktande
Past participle	buktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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 (SO)
• bukta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bukta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ulch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊqta]

Noun

bukta

1. fragment

References

• Rachel Walker, Round Licencing, Harmony, and Bisyllabic Triggers in Altaic, 2001.