mutyi

Hungarian

Etymology

From French moitié (“half”). Possibly also influenced by sunyi, suttyomban and dialectal mityimutyi, referring to slyness and secrecy. The two different meanings could have met in relation to card games.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuci]
• Hyphenation: mu‧tyi
• Rhymes: -ci

Noun

mutyi (plural mutyik)

1. (colloquial) ante (a bet that is made by every player in a card game), contribution (a particular party's sum in an investment)
2. (colloquial) a shady deal (a business transaction made in secret, often a form of corruption)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	mutyi	mutyik
accusative	mutyit	mutyikat
dative	mutyinak	mutyiknak
instrumental	mutyival	mutyikkal
causal-final	mutyiért	mutyikért
translative	mutyivá	mutyikká
terminative	mutyiig	mutyikig
essive-formal	mutyiként	mutyikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	mutyiban	mutyikban
superessive	mutyin	mutyikon
adessive	mutyinál	mutyiknál
illative	mutyiba	mutyikba
sublative	mutyira	mutyikra
allative	mutyihoz	mutyikhoz
elative	mutyiból	mutyikból
delative	mutyiról	mutyikról
ablative	mutyitól	mutyiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	mutyié	mutyiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mutyiéi	mutyikéi

Possessive forms of mutyi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mutyim	mutyijaim (or mutyiim)
2nd person sing.	mutyid	mutyijaid (or mutyiid)
3rd person sing.	mutyija	mutyijai (or mutyii)
1st person plural	mutyink	mutyijaink (or mutyiink)
2nd person plural	mutyitok	mutyijaitok (or mutyiitok)
3rd person plural	mutyijuk	mutyijaik (or mutyiik)

Further reading

• mutyi 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
• mutyi in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN