hurka

See also: hůrka

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhurkɒ]
• Hyphenation: hur‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Etymology 1

From húr (“intestine”) +‎ -ka (diminutive suffix).

Noun

hurka (plural hurkák)

1. sausage (made of chitterlings)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	hurka	hurkák
accusative	hurkát	hurkákat
dative	hurkának	hurkáknak
instrumental	hurkával	hurkákkal
causal-final	hurkáért	hurkákért
translative	hurkává	hurkákká
terminative	hurkáig	hurkákig
essive-formal	hurkaként	hurkákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hurkában	hurkákban
superessive	hurkán	hurkákon
adessive	hurkánál	hurkáknál
illative	hurkába	hurkákba
sublative	hurkára	hurkákra
allative	hurkához	hurkákhoz
elative	hurkából	hurkákból
delative	hurkáról	hurkákról
ablative	hurkától	hurkáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	hurkáé	hurkáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	hurkáéi	hurkákéi

Possessive forms of hurka

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hurkám	hurkáim
2nd person sing.	hurkád	hurkáid
3rd person sing.	hurkája	hurkái
1st person plural	hurkánk	hurkáink
2nd person plural	hurkátok	hurkáitok
3rd person plural	hurkájuk	hurkáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• hurkapálcika

Expressions

• májas hurka
• véres hurka

Etymology 2

From the hurk- stem of hurok (“loop”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Noun

hurka

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of hurok

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	hurka	—
accusative	hurkát	—
dative	hurkának	—
instrumental	hurkával	—
causal-final	hurkáért	—
translative	hurkává	—
terminative	hurkáig	—
essive-formal	hurkaként	—
essive-modal	hurkául	—
inessive	hurkában	—
superessive	hurkán	—
adessive	hurkánál	—
illative	hurkába	—
sublative	hurkára	—
allative	hurkához	—
elative	hurkából	—
delative	hurkáról	—
ablative	hurkától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	hurkáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	hurkáéi	—

Further reading

• hurka 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

Oromo

Noun

hurka

1. steam

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian hurka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦurka]

Noun

hurka f

1. (colloquial) type of sausage

   Synonym: jaternica

Declension

Declension of hurka (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	hurka	hurky
genitive	hurky	huriek
dative	hurke	hurkám
accusative	hurku	hurky
locative	hurke	hurkách
instrumental	hurkou	hurkami

Further reading

• “hurka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025