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úti

úti

See also: uti, UTI, utī, -uti, and u'ti

Hungarian

Adjective

úti (not comparable)

  1. road-
  2. of travel

Declension

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Derived terms


Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish ute.

Adverb

úti

  1. outside, outdoors, alfresco syn.
    • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
      Krummi krunkar úti,
      kallar á nafna sinn:
      „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
      hrygg og gæruskinn.“
      Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
      krummi nafni minn.
      “Krummi croaks outside,
      calling his namesake:
      ‘I found the head of a ram,
      backbone and sheepskin.’
      Come now and peck with me,
      Krummi, my namesake.”
    Er einhver þarna úti?
    Is there anybody out there?
    Eigum við ekki að borða úti?
    Shouldn't we eat alfresco?
  2. at sea syn.
    Skipin eru úti.
    The ships are at sea.
  3. abroad syn.
    Hann býr úti núna.
    He lives abroad now.

Derived terms

  • ekki er öll von úti (all hope has not yet been lost)
  • vera mikið úti við (spend a lot of time outdoors)
  • vera úti (to be out of doors)
  • vera úti um (to be lost, to be dead meat)
  • verða hart úti (to suffer great misfortune)
  • verða sér úti um (to get a hold of something, to procure something)
  • verða úti (to die from exposure)

Related terms

Synonyms

  • (outside): def. utanhúss, undir berum himni
  • (at sea): def. á sjó
  • (abroad): def. erlendis, í útlöndum