çekim: karşılaştırma απαισιότερος · üstünlük απαισιότερος
köken: Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀπαίσιος (apaísios, “ominous, sinister”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + αἴσιος (aísios, “favorable, auspicious”); see αίσιος (aísios) for the latter.
frightening, scary, terrifying · frightened, scared, afraid · creepy for its mysterious ability
köken: Semantic shift from Classical Japanese 強(こは)し (kofashi, “stiff, strong, tough”), modern 強(こわ)い (kowai). A folk etymology from the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari derives it from 狐(こ)者(わ)異(い) (kowai, literally “ghost of a glutton”).
horrible, terrible (which causes feelings of terror) · horrible, terrible (linked with terror, characterized by it; involving physical pain and suffering) · horrible, terrible (someone who can do great evil, who is capable of cruelty)
çekim: karşılaştırma šausmīgāks · üstünlük visšausmīgākais
Uncertain; if the earlier form was kamea, perhaps from kamala by suffix substitution (-la > -ea). Alternatively, according to Aikio (2019), derived with -ea from *kaama-, in turn borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kāma-) (compare Icelandic kám (“dirt, muck; smudge”), Faroese kámur (“dark, murky; dim, unclear”)). Akin to Karelian koamie.