cower

Etymology 1
From, , from or from  (🇨🇬). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Unrelated to, which is of Latin origin.

Verb

 * 1)  To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
 * 2) * 1700,, "The Cock and the Fox", in , published March 1700:
 * Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
 * 1)  To crouch in general.
 * 2)  To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
 * 1)  To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
 * 1)  To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
 * 1)  To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: свивам се,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: krčit se
 * Dutch: in elkaar duiken,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ängstlich hocken
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: καταπτήσσω
 * Irish: cúb, creathnaigh
 * Japanese:, 畏怖する
 * Maori: whakamaoko, hūiki, whakaririka
 * Middle English: couren
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: krype sammen, krympe seg
 * Nynorsk: krype saman, krympe seg
 * Occitan: s’amatar, s’acaptar, s’aglatir
 * Ottoman Turkish: پوصمق
 * Polish: kulić się, skulać się, skulić się, przycupnąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: skutriti se,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, krypa ihop

Verb

 * 1)  To cherish with care.