to crouch, to cower, to huddle (to have positioned oneself in a compact way, with bent knees and back; sitting or squatting) · to position oneself in such a way
çekim: geçmiş kauerte · ortaç gekauert · şimdiki kauert · ulaç kauernd
eş: hinkauern, niederkauern
köken: Borrowed from Low German, eventually from Middle Low German kūren (“to lurk”, originally "to crouch, bend, sit hunched over"), whence also English cower, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”). Used in standard German since the 18th century, either directly from German Low German (then with an artificial…
to cross, to put in the shape of a cross · to cross, to go across · to cross, to intersect
çekim: geçmiş croisé · ortaç croisé · şimdiki croise · ulaç croisant
köken: From croix + -er. Compare Spanish and Portuguese cruzar.
aile: croisade, croisement, croiser le fer, croiser les doigts, croiseur, entrecroiser, feux croisés, mots croisés, rester les bras croisés, se croiser les bras
Croisez le chemin.
J'étais un bateau gigantesque / Capable de croiser mille ans
to crouch; to squat · to bend down; to duck · to surrender
çekim: geçmiş agachei · ortaç agachado · şimdiki agacha
köken: Uncertain. Most Romanists conclude that the word ultimately comes from Latin coactāre, but they are uncertain how exactly it evolved due to phonological problems and the early attestation in Portuguese and Galician. It could possibly be: * From Spanish agachar; * From an unattested Vulgar Latin *coactiāre through a Mozarabic word. Cognate with Galician and Spanish agachar and Catalan acotar.
köken: From Proto-Vietic *guːrʔ ~ *kuːrʔ; cognates with Muong củi, Chut cûl, Chut [Maleng] kuːl⁴ and Tho [Pong] kuːl⁴. Also compare Angkorian Old Khmer កុរ៑ (kur), a loan from an unidentified Vietic source, whence Khmer កុរ (kol, “Year of the Pig”) and Thai กุน (gun, “Year of the Pig”). (Ferlus, 2013) Additionally, 亥 (OC *[ɡ]ˤəʔ) (B-S) (SV: hợi) is a possible cognate, see there for more.