hunker

Etymology 1
Originally Scottish. Origin uncertain, but probably of origin, perhaps *hunk- a nasalised variant of *huk- (compare 🇨🇬,, variants of , ; 🇨🇬), all of  origin, from , from , from , back-formed from the iterative , from , from  (also the source of ).

Probable cognates include Old Norse, Dutch , and German.

Verb

 * 1)  To crouch or squat close to the ground or lie down
 * 2)  To apply oneself to a task

Translations

 * Bulgarian: приклякам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ficar de cócoras
 * Russian: сиде́ть на ко́рточках
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: присі́сти на ноги, сі́сти навпо́чіпки

Noun

 * 1)  A political conservative.