Fuvolán

Fuvolán is the locative case form of the Hungarian noun fuvola, which means flute. The form expresses location on or at a surface and is used when something is situated on the flute itself or in relation to it, rather than describing the flute as an instrument in a general sense.

In Hungarian, the locative is formed with the suffix -on/-en/-ön, depending on vowel harmony and the final consonants of the stem. For the word fuvola, this yields fuvolán. This form is most often encountered in descriptive or maintenance contexts, for example when noting that a mark, dust, or another object is located on the flute. An illustrative sentence is: A folt a fuvolán van. (The stain is on the flute.)

Etymology: fuvola is a loanword meaning flute, borrowed into Hungarian from Western European languages, reflecting the instrument’s name across several languages, with German Flöte and Italian Flauto among common sources.

Usage notes: fuvolán does not denote the instrument itself; it marks a spatial relation to the instrument’s surface. It may appear in technical descriptions, musicological writing, or practical notes about a flute’s condition or arrangement, rather than in everyday speech about playing the instrument.

See also: fuvola, Hungarian grammar, locative case, suffix -on/-en/-ön.