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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xnī(g)wan- vb.; *xnai(g)wa-z; *xnaig(w)ian- vb.
Meaning: decline, stoop
Gothic: hnīwan st. `decline'; hnaiw-s (a) `lowly'; *hnaiwjan wk. `humble'
Old Norse: hnīga st. `sich neigen; sinken, fallen'; hneigja wk. `neigen, beugen'
Norwegian: niga vb.; neigja `stauchen, vernieten'
Swedish: niga `knicksen'
Old Danish: nigä vb.; nege `sich verneigen'
Danish: neie `sich verneigen'
Old English: hnīgan `sich neigen, sinken', hnāg, hnāh `gebeugt, verächtlich'; hnǟgan
Old Frisian: hnīga
Old Saxon: hnīgan `sich neigen, sinken'; gi-hnēgian
Middle Dutch: nīghen `buigen, nijgen'; neighen
Dutch: nijgen; neigen
Middle Low German: nīgen
Old High German: (h)nīgan st. `sich neigen (vor), sich niederbücken' (8.Jh.); (h)neigen wk. `neigen, senken, biegen, abwenden, beugen, unterwerfen' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: nīgen st. 'sich neigen, sinken; sich beugen'; neigen wk.'neigen, senken, erniedrigen'
German: neigen
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *kneigʷh-
Meaning: to stoop
Latin: сōnīveō, -ere/-ēre, -nīvī/-nīxī `(die Augen) zudrücken, blinzeln (von Kurzsichtigen)' , nictāre `mit den Augen zwinkern, blinzeln', nictus, -ūs `Zwinkern', nītor, -ī, nīs(s)us/nīxus `sich stemmen, stützen; sich aufraffen, sich in der Schwebe halten, steigen, klettern'
Other Italic: Umbr conegos, kunikaz `*conigātus (genu nixus)'
Russ. meaning: наклоняться
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 984
Root: knei-gʷh-, knei-b-
English meaning: to incline, bend
German meaning: `neigen, sich biegen'
Material: Lat. cōniveō, -ē̆re, -nīvī und -nīxī `sich zusammenneigen, sich schließen (claustra, lineae); bes. die Augen zusammenkneifen, ein Auge zudrücken, nachsichtig sein', als *con-cnī(g)ueō zu nictō, -āre `zwinkern, zublinzeln, nicken', nītor, -ī, nīsus und nīxus (gnixus Festus) `sich stemmen, stützen; sich worauf verlassen; sich in die Höhe stemmen, klettern'; umbr. conegos, kunikaz `conixus' (gleichsam *conigātus: -g- wohl Analogiebildung nach Verben auf -g); got. hneiwan, hnaiw `sich neigen', hnaiws `demütig, niedrig' (`*gebückt'), aisl. knīga `sich neigen, sinken', as. ags. hnīgan ds. (ags. hnāg `gebeugt, verächtlich'), ahd. hnīgan `neigen'; ahd. hnëgēn `geneigt sein', ags. hnigian (s. dazu Schulze Kl. Schr. 599 f.); Kaus. ahd. hneicken `neigen', aisl. hneigja `neigen, beugen, sich verneigen vor'; Denominativ (von hnaiws) got.hnaiwjan `erniedrigen', ags. hnǣgan `demütigen'; ahd. nicken `biegen, sich beugen, nicken'.
Daneben idg. knei-b- in aisl. hnīpa (*hnīpēn, -ōn) `den Kopf hängen lassen, mißmutig sein', hnī̆pinn `mißmutig', gnīpa f. (*ga-hnīpōn-) `überhängender Felsen', ags. hnipian `den Kopf hängen lassen, mißmutig sein'; got. *ga(h)nipnan `traurig sein'; lit. knimbù, knìbti `zusammenknicken'.
References: WP. I 476, WH. I 261; Wissmann Nom. postverb. 64, 183.
Pages: 608
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Eurasiatic: *ḳVŋV
Meaning: bend
Uralic: Sam. *kuŋkь 'curve, bend'
Comments: Cf. also (possibly a different root): PA *gḕnŋa 'bend', Ur. *kaŋa(-rV) 'bow, bow-shaped'
References: ND 1091 *[ḳ]un̄igU 'to bend, incline, bow' (IE *kneigʷh- : Alt. + Drav. *gūn_-). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`i̯úŋu
Meaning: to bend, bow
Russian meaning: гнуть, наклонять
Comments: TM and Jpn. forms reflect a velar suffix (or partial reduplication). One of several similar roots which are sometimes difficult to distinguish: cf. *gék`á, *gŭ̀k`a, *k`ōki. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kɨŋ-
Meaning: bent, oblique
Russian meaning: согнутый, косой
Old Turkic: qɨŋɨr (OUygh.)
Tatar: qɨŋɣɨr
Uzbek: qiŋɣir
Uighur: qiŋi(r)
Turkmen: Gɨŋɨr
Yakut: kɨŋnar 'криво, косо'
Kirghiz: qɨŋɨr
Kazakh: qɨŋɨr
Bashkir: qɨŋɨr (dial.)
Balkar: qɨŋɨr
Karaim: qɨŋɣɨr
Karakalpak: qɨŋɨr
Kumyk: qɨŋɨr
Comments: VEWT 264-265, EDT 639, ЭСТЯ 6, 220-221. OT qɨŋraq 'curved dagger' > WMong. kiɣira, kiŋgara (Kalm. kīrǝ, Khalkha x́aŋgar). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-trm,turcet-jak,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-bas,turcet-blkx,turcet-krmx,turcet-klpx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kiji- / *keje-
Meaning: oblique, slanting
Russian meaning: косой, наклонный
Written Mongolian: keje-ge (L 445), kiji-ǯaŋ Khalkha: xejeg; xejede-, xejele- (v.)
Kalmuck: kīzŋ
Comments: KW 235. There also exists a synonymous WMong. variant geji-, geje- (Kh. geje-de-, geje-le-, Kalm. gī). Voiced *g- here is probably due to the influence of another synonymous root, *gek- (v. sub *gék`á). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xuŋke- / *kuŋke-
Meaning: to bow
Russian meaning: кланяться, наклоняться
Evenki: uŋkē-
Negidal: keŋket-
Spoken Manchu: xeŋkilǝ-, xiŋkili- 'to kowtow' (1446)
Literary Manchu: xeŋgile-
Jurchen: keŋ-ke-le-mij (751)
Ulcha: keŋkele-
Nanai: keŋkele-
Udighe: xeŋki-
Comments: ТМС 2, 278-279. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-ulc,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kúnkúm-
Meaning: be curved, bent
Russian meaning: быть кривым, изогнутым
Middle Japanese: kugum-, kúgúmar-
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kōṇ-
Meaning : 1 corner 2 crooked
Proto-South Dravidian: *kōṇ dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-koga,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kōṇ
Meaning : corner; crooked
Tamil : kōṇ
Tamil meaning : crookedness, angle, crossness of disposition
Tamil derivates : kōṇu (kōṇi-) to be bent, curved, be crooked, deviate, be perverse; kōṇam curve, curvature, scimitar, angle, corner; kōṇal obliquity, hump, crookedness (as of mind); kōṇan_ humpback; kōṇai curvature, crookedness, cruelty; kuṇaku (kuṇaki-) to become bent, crooked; kuṇakku (kuṇakki-) to bend (tr.); n. crookedness, curvature, crossness; kuṇalai bending of the body through bashfulness; kuṇukku (kuṇukki-) to bend (tr.)
Malayalam : kōṇ
Malayalam meaning : corner, angle
Malayalam derivates : kōṇuka to bend (intr.); kōṇam corner; kōṇi corner of a piazza
Kannada : kōṇ, kōṇa, kōṇe, kōna
Kannada meaning : angle, corner
Tulu : kōṇa, kōṇè
Tulu meaning : angle, corner
Tulu derivates : kōŋgaṇṇụ a squint eye
Notes : PN *g- irregular; has to be explained yet.
Number in DED : 2209
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *gōṇ
Meaning : corner of room
Kota : gōṇ
Number in DED : 2209
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *kōṇ-
Meaning : angle, corner
Telugu : kōṇamu
Additional forms : Also kōna corner
Number in DED : 2209
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kōn- (*-ṇ-)
Meaning : corner
Poya Gadba : kōne
Number in DED : 2209
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : KVNV
Meaning : to bend
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇ăm(x)q̇(w)á̆ (~ -ǝ̆)
Meaning: joint; to bend
Comments and references : LV A23, LDC 43, FDCP 2. In ST cf. also *khʷǝ̆ŋ (~ghʷ-,qhʷ-) 'vaulted, crooked'.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *q̇ămq̇(w)ă (~ -ǝ̆)
Meaning: knee, leg-bone
Notes: Correspondences are regular. The comparison seems fully reliable.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ʷãq̇u
Meaning: tubular bone
Tsezi: q̇aInq̇u
Ginukh: q̇aq̇u
Comments: PTsKh *q̇ʷãq̇u. Some Tsez. dialects have lost the nasalisation, cf. Kid. q̇ʷaIq̇u.
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *q̇ʷaq̇ʷa
Meaning: knee
Akusha: q̇uq̇a
Chiragh: q̇uq̇a
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Kub. q̇uq̇a, Kait. q̇ʷaq̇, Tsud. q̇ʷaq̇a. Interesting is the Kad. form q̇unq̇a, probably preserving the archaic nasal resonant.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *q̇amq̇
Meaning: knee
Tabasaran: q̇amq̇
Agul: q̇ʷaq̇ʷ
Rutul: q̇waq̇
Comment: Obl. base *q̇amq̇a- (cf. Ag. Fit. q̇ʷaq̇ʷa-, Rut. q̇ʷaq̇a-). 3d class in Rut. See Лексика 1971, 114.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *q̇ʷaq̇ʷa
Meaning: hip-bones
Abkhaz: a-q̇ʷáq̇ʷa
Abaza: q̇ʷaq̇ʷa
Comments: PAT *q̇ʷaq̇ʷa.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kŭk
Meaning: bend
Tibetan: ãgug(s) (p. bgug, f. dgug, i. khug) to bend; khug(s) corner, nook, creek, bay.
Burmese: kauk be crooked, not straight, LB *kukx; khauk to fold, double.
Kachin: mǝgoʔ2, lǝgoʔ2, guʔ3 be bent.
Lepcha: kŭk to bow, to bend down, to incline downwards, lean forward to to bow the head
Comments: Trung dǝ1-gɔʔ1 be crooked; Bahing guk be bent, kuk make bent. Ben. 125. Cf. *khjŏk. Cf. also Naga *kok 'knee'. stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lepcha,stibet-comments,
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Character: 鞠
Modern (Beijing) reading: jū
Preclassic Old Chinese: kuk
Classic Old Chinese: kuk
Western Han Chinese: kǝuk
Eastern Han Chinese: kǝuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: kɨuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kuk
Late Postclassic Chinese: kuk
Middle Chinese: kük
English meaning : be exhausted, exhaustive
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сгибать, гнуть; кланяться; 2) футбольный мяч; футбол; 3) выкармливать, воспитывать, выращивать; 4) расследовать, разбирать; 5) молодой; малолетний; 6) Цзюй (фамилия)
Comments: Also read *guk, MC gük (FQ 渠竹) id.; used also for a homonymous *kuk / *guk 'to nourish'.
Radical: 177
Four-angle index: 4354
Karlgren code: 1017 h
Shijing occurrences: 35.5_
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Proto-Basque: *konko-r̄
Meaning: 1 hump, knob 2 joint (of bones) 3 hunchbacked
Bizkaian: konkor 3
Gipuzkoan: konkor 3
High Navarrese: konkor, kunkur 1
Low Navarrese: konkor, kunkur 1
Lapurdian: konkor 1
Baztanese: kunkur 1
Zuberoan: konkor, kunkur 1
Roncalese: kunkur 1, 2
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Proto-Austric: *kUŋ
Meaning: bent, curved
Proto-Austroasiatic: *kɔŋ Austroasiatic meaning: bent, curved
Proto-Austronesian: *beŋkuŋ, *-kuŋ
Austronesian meaning: bent, curve, arch
Proto-Thai: gɔ:ŋ.C CK
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :
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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *kɔŋ
Meaning: bent, curved
Thai: gɔ:ŋ.C CK
Proto-Monic: TP ko:ŋ
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Khmer etymology :
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Khmer: kuŋ
Meaning: curve; kaoŋ be curved, bent
Old Khmer: kuŋ
Old Khmer Meaning: curve, crooked
References: P102, JP11, JP21
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