stifle

Etymology 1
The is derived from Late ; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from  +. is derived from, (modern 🇨🇬), a variant of ,  (modern 🇨🇬), influenced by  (modern 🇨🇬). is derived from, from (as a stuffing material; from ,  (compare ); probably from ) +. According to the  a derivation from “appears untenable on the ground both of form and sense”.

The is derived from the verb.

Verb

 * 1)  To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
 * 2)  To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
 * 3)  To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
 * 4)  To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
 * 5)  To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
 * 6)  To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
 * 7)  To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
 * 8)  To die of suffocation.
 * 9)  To smother; to make breathing difficult.
 * 1)  To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
 * 2)  To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
 * 3)  To die of suffocation.
 * 4)  To smother; to make breathing difficult.
 * 1)  To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
 * 2)  To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
 * 3)  To die of suffocation.
 * 4)  To smother; to make breathing difficult.
 * 1)  To smother; to make breathing difficult.
 * 1)  To smother; to make breathing difficult.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: sufocar, esganar
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: plúch
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:,  ,  .  ,  もみ消す
 * Khmer: បន្ថប់
 * Latin: suffōcō
 * Maori: tāmi, tātāmi
 * Occitan: sufocar
 * Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: dusiť, udusiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: potlačit, zadusit, přemoci,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: potlačit, zadusit, zahlušit
 * French:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: potlačit
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:, 噛み殺す
 * Khmer:
 * Maori: nanati, nati, whakakōmau, whakapongere, tāmoe
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , tillbakahålla,
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: задушавам се
 * Czech: udusit se
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ថប់ដង្ហើមស្លាប់
 * Occitan: sufocar
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: задъхвам се
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Russian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  An act or state of being stifled.

Etymology 2
The is derived from ; further etymology, probably derived from , and  (compare 🇨🇬).

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
 * 2)  A bone disease of this region.
 * 1)  A bone disease of this region.

Translations

 * Finnish:, takapolvi
 * French:
 * Italian: grassella
 * Portuguese: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.