kowtow

Etymology
From  ( / ), literally "knock head".

Verb

 * 1)  To grovel, act in a very submissive manner.
 * 2)  To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.
 * 3)  To bow very deeply.
 * 4)  To bow to or show obeisance to.
 * 1)  To bow very deeply.
 * 2)  To bow to or show obeisance to.
 * 1)  To bow to or show obeisance to.
 * 1)  To bow to or show obeisance to.

Translations

 * Arabic:, تَمَلَّقَ, رَكَعَ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 叩頭
 * Hokkien: 磕頭,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: klanět se až k zemi
 * Danish: knæle, prostrere
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: tehdä kowtow
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ქედმოხრა
 * German: einen Kotau machen
 * Hungarian: földre borul,, hétrét görnyed
 * Japanese: 叩頭く,
 * Korean: 머리-를 조아리다, 고두(叩頭)하다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, gjøre knefall
 * Portuguese: fazer o kowtow,
 * Russian: де́лать коуто́у
 * Serbo-Croatian: klanjati se do zemlje, prostrirati,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Vietnamese:, (叩頭), quỳ lạy, ,


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kumartaa syvään
 * Georgian: ქედმოხრა
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese: prostrar-se
 * Russian: де́лать ни́зкий покло́н
 * Serbo-Croatian:, klanjati se do zemlje
 * Ukrainian:, вклонятися


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Burmese:
 * Czech: poklonkovat
 * Danish: underkaste sig,, føje, krybe til korset
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kliniĝi
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: ქედმოხრა
 * German:, , , , , den machen
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, , השתעבד
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: underkaste,, føye,
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: klanjati se do zemlje,
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:, quỳ lạy,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * West Coast Bajau:
 * Wolof:
 * Yámana:
 * Yiddish:
 * Yucatec Maya:
 * Yup'ik:
 * Zazaki:
 * Zhuang:
 * Zulu:

Noun

 * 1) The act of kowtowing.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 叩頭
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: kowtow, koutou
 * Dutch:, kotau
 * Finnish: kowtow-kumarrus
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: kowtow
 * Portuguese: kowtow
 * Russian: коуто́у,
 * Swedish: koutou
 * Ukrainian: чолобитна, чолобиття, уклін, коутоу
 * Vietnamese: (叩頭), quỳ lạy,

Noun

 * 1)  bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground