What is the translation of the word, "koverke"? I'm pretty sure it is
Hungarian. Unfortunately I do not have it in context. It is a user
name and I'd like to know what it means.

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Clarification of Question by jonkun227-ga on 11 Nov 2003 10:53 PST

So it means fat guy, 'eh? That makes sense, because it's on a website
for people who have had or are going to have weight-loss surgery.
Thanks!

Hello jonkun227-ga,

Kövérke is the diminutive expression for kövér which means ?fat,
stout, corpulent.? Hungarian uses the suffix or word ending ?ke (-ka)
to turn any name or noun into little or young. For instance, I have a
nephew named Ferenc. His nickname is Feri and his mom affectionately
calls him Ferike or little Feri.

Kövérke means ?little fat one.? This could be taken as little meaning
young and would likely be an affectionate usage. It could also be
little (as opposed to big) taken humorously or ironically and could be
either affectionate or sarcastic.

I?m a native Hungarian speaker but I?ve also found some links to help
you with further Hungarian expressions.

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/HungarianEnglish/dict.cgi?query=k%F6v%E9r&max=50
Hungarian-English On-line Dictionary Search Results: kövérke

Result of search for "kövér": 
kövér
  1. bold, corpulent, fat, thick


http://member.melbpc.org.au/~tmajlath/form-suffix.htm 
Hungarian Prefixes and Suffixes 
ka, -ke  Form the Diminutive of certain Nouns

In addition, kövérke is also the colloquial name of a widely used
shade-loving ground cover.

http://www.kertpont.hu/index.php3?menu=cikk&cikkid=288
Pachysandra procumbens amerikai kövérke
Pachysandra terminalis japán kövérke, örökzöld kövérke

I hope my answer gives you a better understanding of the person whose
user name is kövérke.

All the best.

~ czh ~

I didn't expect nearly as detailed or comprehensive answer as I
received. Thanks a lot! This was my first question I've asked and I'll
definitely use this again.

A similar word, kövérkés, has meanings related to fatness or chubbiness: 

http://dict.sztaki.hu/dict_search.php?L=HUN%3AENG%3AEngHunDict&O=ENG&flash=&E=1&sid=6ab074aabbdc45bc822818a75ee4e234&in_form=1&W=koverke&M=2&P=0&C=1&A=1&T=1&F=0