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 shrink; to become smaller · to shrink; to cause something to become smaller
çekim: geçmiş encolhi · ortaç encolhido · şimdiki encolhe
eş: entanguir
zıt: aumentar
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese encoller, from en- (“in-”) + coller (“collect”), from Latin colligō (“to collect”), from con- + legō (“to bring together, to gather, to collect”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.
From Old Swedish kura, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”). Cognate with English cower, German kauern (“to squat”).