javában
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Lexicalization of the jav- stem variant of the adjective jó + -a (possessive suffix) + -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]javában (not comparable)
- in full swing, in full gear, under way, at its height (thoroughly begun and in progress)
Related terms
[edit]- java (the best or most important part of something)
References
[edit]- ^ javában in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- javában 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