Hungarian Words | Imamother

amother

Purple

Tue, May 04 2021, 11:40 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

I am a great-great-great-great grand child of the kaliver rebbe who wrote this song.

We must be related as I'm also a great great grand child from the kaliver rebba.
My kids know this song by heart

amother

Papaya

Tue, May 04 2021, 11:42 pm

amother [ Chartreuse ] wrote:

My mother always said somthing like:
"iskolában fáj o labbe hozemeni nem faisheni" (spelling is not good)
When I faked being sick and didn't want to go to school

Lol I also grew up with that. So random

smile18

Tue, May 04 2021, 11:43 pm

amother [ Papaya ] wrote:

Are you my cousin?? You just gave such a warm feeling thinking about that song Smile

. It’s something about being pretty and black eyes and green eyes I think.

My grandmother originates from Hungary and enjoyed singing this song.
In yiddish it translates as
ווער איז שיין.. ווער איז שיין?
..ווער עס בלויע אויגן

thanks

Tue, May 04 2021, 11:50 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Tzumi is 100% Hungarian I hear non Jewish women use it all the time.

Tzumi is from the Hebrew word motzeitz.

amother

Seashell

Tue, May 04 2021, 11:55 pm

amother [ Maroon ] wrote:

what does ishtanehm mean???
my aunt is always using that word

It means "My G-d"

amother

Seashell

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:01 am

Im surprised nobody mentioned: ALAPOTOSH (PREGNANT)

GOODMOM

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:22 am

We used to call our great aunts: Neyni and the uncles: Batchi. We called them by their first name followed by neyni - for example Chana Neyni.

realsilver

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:31 am

Kokosh was the little curl of hair that we made on top of a baby’s head after the bath.... no?! Lol

GOODMOM

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:36 am

I'm remembering a few more.
Oohshag- newspaper
Eehgeyn - yes
Au varosh boh- in the city.
My parents's secret language was Oohngarish. I always thought I'll speak Hungarian as I get older. Ain't happened yet.

amother

Emerald

Wed, May 05 2021, 1:33 am

realsilver wrote:

Kokosh was the little curl of hair that we made on top of a baby’s head after the bath.... no?! Lol

Yesssss. Memories! That’s not even in style anymore. Now we brush it flat! Someone mentioned kokosh means rooster. So that hairstyle mimics the rooster’s crown I suppose? Lol, a question from decades ago was finally answered!

amother

Wed, May 05 2021, 7:19 am

thanks wrote:

Tzumi is from the Hebrew word motzeitz.

Right that's why non Jewish Hungarian cleaning ladies in non Jewish cities who have never met a jew use it.

amother

Denim

Wed, May 05 2021, 9:55 am

amother [ Seashell ] wrote:

Im surprised nobody mentioned: ALAPOTOSH (PREGNANT)

OMG!!!

I choked reading this. my mom and aunts say potash as a code word for pregnant when they don't want the kids to understand, always thought its just cuz both start with a P

amother

Apricot

Wed, May 05 2021, 10:10 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Right that's why non Jewish Hungarian cleaning ladies in non Jewish cities who have never met a jew use it.

The hungarian word is tzutzli so you must be missing that little nuance in what they're saying.

amother

Honeydew

Wed, May 05 2021, 11:15 am

Ne Mushtum- not now.
(My mom would say this to my grandma when she would start talking R rated in front of us kids)

Tchuk Besel- I was told it means be quiet, does anyone know the translation?

Shoit (sajt) is what we called cheese growing up.

Kerezet (korozott) farmer cheese salad with paprika- yum!!

eisheschayil

Wed, May 05 2021, 11:37 am

Noone here was ever their Babi's chillog?
I always assumed it meant something like gorgeous little one....

amother

Seagreen

Wed, May 05 2021, 11:59 am

amother [ Apricot ] wrote:

The hungarian word is tzutzli so you must be missing that little nuance in what they're saying.

If you Google it you can hear and see the Hungarian word for pacifier is tzumi.

amother

Seagreen

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:02 pm

thanks wrote:

Tzumi is from the Hebrew word motzeitz.

My israeli relative said there is no Hebrew origin for tzumi and she's never heard it in Israel.

cbsp

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:08 pm

amother [ Seagreen ] wrote:

If you Google it you can hear and see the Hungarian word for pacifier is tzumi.

Seems that one is singular and the other plural and possessive.

amother

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:19 pm

amother [ Apricot ] wrote:

The hungarian word is tzutzli so you must be missing that little nuance in what they're saying.

No, I'm not and I also spoke to an authentic Hungarian speaker today and she said regular Hunagrians in Hungary would never use the word tzutzli, although you can find it in a dictionary.

amother

Wed, May 05 2021, 12:30 pm

mommy3b2c wrote:

I am a great-great-great-great grand child of the kaliver rebbe who wrote this song.

He did not write the song. He bought if off a non jewish man who was singing it and he said it was one of the songs sung by the leviim in the beis hamikdash. as soon as he paid for it, the non jew forgot the song.