to force into submission; to subdue, to suppress · to suppress (feelings, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş kuvade · ortaç kuvad · ulaç kuvande
köken: Unknown. Possibly from Danish kue or Old Norse kúga. Possibly formed from Swedish kuv (“curve”), as in the English verb stoop. Compare origin of English cow (“intimidate”).
to subject, subdue, subjugate, subordinate (to make subordinate or subservient) · to subdue, oppress (to keep down by unjust force) · to submit, refer (to enter or put forward for approval, consideration etc.)
çekim: geçmiş alistanut · şimdiki alistaisi · ulaç alistava
köken: From alinen + -taa. Originally “to lower, place or turn down”; the modern senses are from the 19th century.
to flatten; to level; to make even · to subdue; to subjugate · to put down; to suppress
köken: From Old Khmer prāppa (“to flatten, to level, to make even; to subdue, to subjugate; to put down; etc”). Extended as Thai บำราบ (bam-ràap). Cognate with Isan ปราบ or ผาบ, Lao ປາບ (pāp) or ຜາບ (phāp), Northern Thai ᨷᩕᩣ᩠ᨷ or ᨹᩣ᩠ᨷ, Khün ᨷᩕᩣ᩠ᨷ or ᨹᩣ᩠ᨷ, Lü ᦕᦱᧇ (ṗhaab), Modern Khmer ប្រាប (praap).