Etymology

hé ‎(“Old Hungarian variant of hő ‎(“heat”)”) + -be ‎(“in”) + hó ‎(“snow”) + -ba ‎(“in”). Its original meaning was "in heat and in snow", that is "always". Later, the meaning of its parts had faded because of its similarity to twin words such as gizgaz ‎(“weed”), mendemonda ‎(“hearsay”), this may be how its current meaning changed to "sometimes". ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheːbɛhoːbɒ]
• Hyphenation: hé‧be-‧hó‧ba