knee

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , a thematic derivative of.

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The obsolete plural kneen is from, , ,.

Noun



 * 1) In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
 * 2) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans.
 * 3) The part of a garment that covers the knee.
 * 4)  A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
 * 5)  An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
 * 6) Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
 * 7) A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
 * 8)  The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
 * 1)  An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy.
 * 2) Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point.
 * 3) A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
 * 4)  The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
 * 1) A blow made with the knee; a kneeing.
 * 2)  The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
 * 1)  The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.
 * 1)  The presence of a parent etc., where a young child acquires early knowledge.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: ашьамхы
 * Adyghe: лъэгуанджэ
 * Afar: gulub
 * Afrikaans:
 * Ainu: コッカサパ
 * Akan: kotodwe
 * Aklanon: tuhod
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ጉልበት
 * Arabic: رُكْبَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: ركبة
 * Moroccan Arabic: ركبة
 * Aragonese: chenullo
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: ברכא
 * Syriac: ܒܘܪܟܐ
 * Argobba: ጉልብ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: dzinuclju, dzãnuclju, dzenuclju
 * Assamese: আঁঠু
 * Asturian: ,
 * Avar: наку
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Baluchi: کونڈ
 * Bashkir: тубыҡ
 * Basque:
 * Bau Bidayuh: koruob
 * Belarusian: кале́на
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central:
 * Breton:
 * Brunei Malay: tuhut
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Buryat: үвдэг
 * Cappadocian Greek: γόνατο
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tuhod
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⴷ
 * Central Melanau: bukou
 * Chakma: 𑄃𑄙𑄪
 * Chamicuro: melo'ti
 * Chechen: гола
 * Chepang: क्य्रोङः
 * Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎨᏂ
 * Chichewa: bondo
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 膝頭
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuvash: чӗркуҫҫи
 * Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲓ, ⲫⲁⲧ
 * Corsican:
 * Cree:
 * Crimean Tatar: tiz
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: denacle
 * Danish:
 * Daur: tolcig
 * Dongxiang: odou
 * Dutch:
 * Eastern Arrernte: ampere
 * Egyptian:
 * Elfdalian: kni
 * Emilian: źnòć
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Even: хэнӈэн
 * Evenki: хэнңэн
 * Faroese:
 * Fijian: duru
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: genoill
 * Friulian: zenoli, genoli
 * Galician:
 * Gallurese: ghinocchiu
 * Ge'ez: ብርክ
 * Georgian: მუხლი
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chnüü
 * Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γόνυ
 * Greenlandic: seeqqoq
 * Gujarati: ઘૂંટણ
 * Haitian Creole: jenou
 * Hausa:
 * Hawaiian: kuli
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: tuhud
 * Hiligaynon: tuhod
 * Hindi:
 * Hittite: 𒄀𒉡
 * Hopi: tamö
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingush: гола
 * Interlingua:
 * Iranun: leb
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: glún
 * Istriot: zanucio
 * Istro-Romanian: jeruncľu
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: duedju
 * Kalmyk: өвдг
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: tud
 * Kashubian: kòlano
 * Kazakh:
 * Khinalug: ник
 * Khmer:
 * Kikuyu: iru
 * Kimaragang: totud
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lak: ник
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: ceļs
 * Latin:, geniculum
 * Latvian:
 * Laz: burguli
 * Limburgish:
 * Lithuanian: kelis
 * Lombard: zeneugg
 * Lotud: totud, otud
 * Low German: Knee
 * Luxembourgish: Knéi
 * Macedonian: колено
 * Maguindanao: leb
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:, , dengkul
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: rkoppa
 * Manchu: ᡨᠣᠪᡤᡳᡟᠠ
 * Mandinka: kumbaliŋo
 * Mangghuer: bodo
 * Mansaka: tood
 * Manx: glioon
 * Maore Comorian: gunguni
 * Maori:
 * Maranao: leb
 * Marathi: गुडघा
 * Megleno-Romanian: zinucľu
 * Mirandese: zinolho
 * Mon: က္ၜံၚ်
 * Mongghul: yiidog
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠡᠪᠦᠳᠦᠭ
 * Nanai: пэйнгэн
 * Navajo: agod
 * Nepali:
 * Newar:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: gunguno, gungunu
 * Nivkh: пих
 * Norman: g'nou
 * Northern Ohlone: tú̄mis
 * Northern Sami: čibbi
 * Norwegian:
 * Nottoway-Meherrin: sunsheke
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ଆଣ୍ଠୁ
 * Ojibwe: ingidig
 * Old Church Slavonic: колѣно
 * Old East Slavic: колѣно
 * Old English: cnēow
 * Old Javanese: dĕkung
 * Oromo: jilba
 * Ossetian: уӕраг, зоныг
 * Ottoman Turkish: دیز, زانو, ركبه
 * Pali: jānu
 * Pangasinan: pueg
 * Pashto: زنګون
 * Pennsylvania German: Gnie
 * Persian:
 * Pitjantjatjara: muṯi
 * Plautdietsch: Kjnee
 * Polish:
 * Pontic Greek: γόνοτο
 * Portuguese:
 * Prakrit: 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀼
 * Punjabi:
 * Rajasthani:
 * Rohingya:
 * Romagnol: znoc
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: schanugl, schnuogl
 * Rungus: otud
 * Russian:
 * Sabah Bisaya: otud
 * Saho: gulub
 * Sami:
 * Inari: iidâ
 * Northern: čibbi, buolva
 * Skolt: puõlvv
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: glùn, glùin
 * Sebop: lep
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̀љено, ко̀лено
 * Roman: ,
 * Sherpa: པིས་མུང
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kóleno
 * Upper Sorbian: koleno
 * Southern Altai: тизе
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sranan Tongo: kindi
 * Sundanese: tuur, teku
 * Svan: ღულა̈ჲ
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Sylheti: ꠀꠑꠥ
 * Tagal Murut: atur
 * Tagalog: tuhod
 * Tajik:
 * Tambunan Dusun: totud
 * Tamil:
 * Tarantino: genocchie
 * Tat: zani
 * Tatar:
 * Tausug: tuhud
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: ain-tuur
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: པུས་མོ, ཞབས་པུས
 * Tigrinya:
 * Timugon Murut: atur
 * Tiruray: tur
 * Tocharian A: kanweṃ
 * Tocharian B: keni
 * Tok Pisin: skru, skru bilong lek
 * Tooro: okuju
 * Tsakonian: γου̃να
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: dyz
 * Tuvan: дискек
 * Udmurt: пыдес
 * Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎋
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: گھٹنا
 * Uyghur: تىز
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: zenocio
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Vilamovian: kni
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Waray-Waray: tuhod
 * Welsh:, , glin
 * West Coast Bajau: tu'ut
 * West Frisian: knibbel
 * White Hmong: hauv caug
 * Winnebago: huuporo
 * Wolof: óom
 * Xhosa: idolo
 * Yagara: buhn
 * Yagnobi: зонк
 * Yakut: түһах
 * Yámana: tulepuS
 * Yiddish: קני
 * Yoruba: orúnkún, eékún
 * Yup'ik: ciisquq
 * Zazaki: çoq
 * Zealandic: knie
 * Zhuang: gyaeujhoq, hoq
 * Zulu:


 * Finnish: etupolvi


 * Bulgarian: наколенник
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Finnish:


 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: ברכא
 * Syriac: ܒܘܪܟܐ
 * Esperanto: surgenuiĝo
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: axeonllarse
 * Georgian: დაჩოქება
 * German:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Albanian:
 * Breton:
 * Ewe:
 * Gujarati:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Maori:
 * Northern Sami:
 * Pitjantjatjara:
 * Tamil:
 * Taos:

Verb

 * 1)  To kneel to.
 * 2)  To poke or strike with the knee.
 * 3)  To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
 * 1)  To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
 * 1)  To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, se mettre à genoux
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * French: mettre un coup de genou, donner un coup de genou

Etymology
From the noun.

Verb

 * 1)  to kneel, to fall on one's knees
 * 2)  to walk on one's knees
 * 3)  to poke or strike with the knee
 * 1)  to poke or strike with the knee