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fej

Pronunciation: [ˈfɛj]

“fej” is a Hungarian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. head, mind, brain, intellect
  3. head (principal operative part of a machine or tool)
  4. heads, obverse (side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state)
  5. head (leader, chief)
  6. head, capitulum (clump of seeds, leaves or flowers)
  7. foliage, crown (top of a tree)

verb

  1. to milk

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *päŋe, by rebracketing of the possessive form feje into fej + e instead of earlier fe + je. Cognates include Southern Mansi пӧӈ (pöň), Northern Mansi пуӈк (puňk), Finnish pää, Estonian pea and Erzya пе (pe). Compare fő.

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