grunt
意味
- 〈豚が〉ブーブー鳴く
- 〈人が〉ブーブー言う
- …をぶつぶつ言う,不平がましく言う
- ブーブー言う声
例文
He grunted his agreement without looking at me.
彼は私を見もせずにいいよとぶつぶつ言った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.