Ι cut, chop, divide, carve, slice (into parts) · Ι cut, trim, prune (reduce by cutting) · to take a shortcut, cut
çekim: geçmiş έκοψα · ortaç έχοντας κόψει · şimdiki κόβει · ulaç κόβοντας
eş: κόπτω, παρωχημένο
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek κόβω (kóbō), from the Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”) from the perfective stem κοψ- in the pattern of -ψ- > -β- as in κλέπτω (klépto), κλεψ- > κλέβω (klévo, “steal”). Also see κόπος (kópos, “toil”). Doublet of κόπτω (kópto).
aile: κόβει το μάτι του, κόβω δρόμο, κομμένος, με κόβει το κρύο, μου κόβεται η όρεξη, το κόβω με τα πόδια
köken: First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 버히〮다〮 (Yale: pèh-í-tá), originally a causative of the verb 벟다〮 (pèh-tá, “to be cut”, intransitive). The word has become monomorphemic, as the source verb is now obsolete.
to hit something repeatedly (as a nail with a hammer or a log with an axe) · to cut a tree, to fell trees · to chop (to cut apart or into pieces, such as firewood, with an axe or similar tool)
çekim: geçmiş hakannut · şimdiki hakkaa · ulaç hakkaava
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hak'at'ak (compare Estonian hakkama, Livonian akkõ, Votic akatõ). Further origin is disputed, with possible links to Uralic (compare Moksha [script needed] (tšakams), Udmurt шуккыны (šukkyny)) and Germanic (compare Swedish hacka, English hack, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną) words.