kamrába

Kamrába is the illative form of the Hungarian noun kamra, meaning “into the pantry” or “to the pantry.” It is used to indicate movement toward a pantry or storeroom and is commonly found in sentences describing going somewhere.

The noun kamra denotes a storage room or pantry and is a native Hungarian term that is generally traced to the German Kammer. The illative form kamrába is formed by adding the illative suffix -ba to kamra, following Hungarian vowel harmony. Other related forms include kamra (nominative, the pantry), kamrában (inessive, “in the pantry”), kamrát (definite accusative, “the pantry” as a direct object), and kamrából (elative, “from the pantry”).

Usage notes: kamrába is typically used with verbs of motion such as bemenni, menni, or belépni to express going into the pantry. For example: Bemegyek a kamrába, hogy tejet keressek. Tedd a lisztet a kamrába. The word can be complemented by the definite article in everyday language, as in a kamrába, a kamrában, or a kamrából.

Alternative terms for pantry in Hungarian include spájz, a colloquial synonym with similar meanings. Kamra gradually covers the standard sense of a pantry or storage room in contemporary Hungarian.