handcuff

Etymology
From. Possibly an adaptation of, from , from + , , but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.

Noun

 * 1)  One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: صَفَد
 * Moroccan Arabic: مينوط
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, želízka
 * Danish: håndjern
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: mankateno
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: käsirauta
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ხელბორკილი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hawaiian : hao hoʻopaʻa lima
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: handjárn
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ກະແຈມື
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya: epingu
 * Malay:, belenggu
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: håndjern, handjern
 * Nynorsk: handjarn, handjern
 * Old English: handcosp
 * Ottoman Turkish: بیلكچه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pangaw, posas
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: нару́чник
 * Vietnamese:, còng tay



Verb

 * 1)  To apply handcuffs to someone.
 * 2)  to restrain or restrict.
 * Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.
 * Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * South Levantine Arabic: كلبش
 * Bulgarian: слагам белезници
 * Dutch: in de boeien slaan, handboeien omdoen,
 * Esperanto: mankateni
 * Finnish: panna käsirautoihin, laittaa käsiraudat, käsiraudoittaa
 * French:
 * Galician: esposar
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: handjárna
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: става лисици
 * Maori: tūpiki
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sätta handbojor på (någon)
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Romanian: